Water flows through soil, roots, sky—and through memory, justice, and law.

It carries the story of a city learning to live with climate change, carving channels through landscapes, courtrooms, and theaters.

These gatherings bring together field notes from struggles where art and law meet activism, in defense of ecologies of livelihood. We walk Chicago’s green spaces, listen to water’s hidden circuits, and ask: What if a tree could testify? What if law flowed like a river?

To follow these questions is to step into the currents of our time—attuning ourselves to vertical rivers, shifting lawscapes, and new forms of collective imagination in the Anthropocene.

From 10 am to 7 pm 

Discussions, workshops, and art performances will be held throughout the campus. 

Follow us along on Instagram @anthropocene_lab and use the website link to register and for more information.