Exploring the ways in which artistic practices reflect on social and ecological phenomena, James Jack will reference one of his curatorial projects, Play with Nature, Played by Nature (2013), an exhibition and series of conversations that looked at creative practices as a way to reinvigorate our consciousness of cycles occurring in the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, Japan. Jack will also share his artistic research process for Sea Birth (2017), which takes as its starting point the spirits in the sea off the Okinawa coast for a re-imagination of the links between fragments from a turbulent past. In addition, having been a guest for Convening #3—a collaboration between NTU CCA Singapore and TBA21-Academy The Current held in January 2018—Jack will pursue, in an open dialogue format, questions regarding ancient knowledge and alternative imaginaries found in the Pacific that arose during this gathering.