for posterity: proof of free will

created by skye hughes for posterity: proof of free will is a speculative oral history—a performance staged as a panel discussion reflecting on the end of humanity. Panelists look back at a civilization and environment in collapse, tracing the chain of events that began when humanity chose to stop reproducing and instead prepare for the last person’s death. This is an exploration of peace in the face of existential crisis. As runaway climate change spiraled uncontrollably and humanity reached the brink of cataclysmic war, undeniable questions arose: Do we continue? What if we just... stopped? The project asks what happens if we stop resisting mortality—not just individually, but on a global scale. Under this condition, the discussion is forced to consider alternative meanings for sex, existence, and community, opening space for new, subversive questions. If not survival, then what? If we were to turn off the engines of exploitation, how would the trauma we carry and the damaged planet transform? How could we practice inter-species care, care for the planet, recognition of harm and attempt reparation on the largest possible scale? In this world, what did humanity ultimately achieve through designing its own end? Featuring Serena Chopra, Alyza DelPan-Monley, HATLO, Lío Sainz-Jones, ILVS STRAUSS, and Fox Whitney Music by scott farkas and Paulina Michels

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