Storefront for Art and Architecture and Dia Art Foundation are pleased to co-host Swamp Summit: Dirt and Water. The event is a convening discussing the political relationship between water and land from the Gulf of Mexico to the Mekong River. Participants will include Mayan poet and activist Pedro Uc Be, linguist Yásnaya Elena Aguilar Gil and novelist Yuri Herrera.

Swamp Summit: Dirt and Water examines the relationship between natural and built environments at the boundary where water meets land. Using the unstable grounds of the swamp as a conceptual underpinning, this two-day summit gathers artists, architects, writers, curators, researchers, anthropologists, ecologists, poets, and other practitioners to discuss the material politics of water. Dirt and Water coincides with the conclusion of Storefront’s research and programming series, Swamplands, exploring the ethical entanglements of water.