by Theo Parker This short article introduces the ecological thought of Felix Guattari. I suggest that Guattari’s holistic delineation of three interconnected ecologies is a productive place to begin in thinking about contemporary ecological issues. Following on from this, and away from traditional environmental discourse and politics, I argue that aesthetic encounters with film holdContinue reading “Reframing ecological thinking; Felix Guattari, subjectivity and film”
Monthly Archives: August 2017
Your Waste of Time: Art-Based Geographical Practices and the Environment
By Rosie McLellan This blog post thinks through the themes of aesthetic interventions, sensing time and engendering response-ability using artistic responses to climate change. Here, these themes are drawn from one piece of art, Your Waste of Time, by Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson. This performative showcasing of glacial ice establishes interactions and relations between humanContinue reading “Your Waste of Time: Art-Based Geographical Practices and the Environment”
Moving with thought: An ecological encounter with medieval poetry.
By Ollie Dawson How can encounters with art produce new knowledge? What is our responsibility as researchers to the encounter with art as the site of knowledge production? These questions were brought to the fore in my recent field work at Ledbury Poetry Festival, where I attended Fair Field, a five-part theatrical production based onContinue reading “Moving with thought: An ecological encounter with medieval poetry.”
