Published in conjunction with the exhibitions: Eco-Visionários, held April 10-October 8, 2018, at MAAT Museu de Arte, ARquitetura e Tecnologia, Lisbon, Portugal ; Ekologins Visionärer, held June 15-October 21, 2018 at Bildmuseet, Umeå, Sweden; Eco-visionaries, held August 30-November 11, 2018 at HeK Haus der electronischen Künste Basel, Switzerland; and Eco-Visionarios, held spring 2019 at LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijón, Spain. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Pedro Gadanho -- Sabine Himmelsbach -- Karin Ohlenschläger -- Katarina Pierre -- Essays and works -- Visionary eco-art: next/now/past / Linda Weintraub -- The timeliness of architecture's eco-visionary practices / Amale Andraos -- Eco-visionaries: art and architecture after the anthropocene / Mariana Pestana -- Our place on earth / Sofia Johansson -- Ecodata-ecomedia-eco-aesthetics: technologies of the ecological after the anthropocene / Yvonne Volkart -- Figuring ecologies / Matthew Fuller -- The arts of living at the end of the world / T.J. Demos -- List of works.
Summary:
Eco-Visionaries' presents contemporary positions in art and architecture seeking answers to current environmental problems that transcend mainstream notions of sustainability. This comprehensive volume is a companion to the collaborative 2018 exhibition endeavored by four participating European museums. Each show maintains a different focus and curatorial approach, and for each, artists investigate alternative visions regarding humankind?s place on earth through video and sound works, paintings, and installations.0While the series of exhibitions presents the works of artists and architects who offer critical reflections on pressing contemporary issues, the book unites research, essays, as well as a survey of the artworks.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.