FAH355H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Ninth Wave, Cai Guo-Qiang, Gong Xian
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The ninth wave sailing on the huangpu river by the bund (business center), shanghai, 2014. cargo washed up onshore; symbol of capitalism. Seen as a work of eco art. (ecological imbalance happening currently) Sometimes called anthropocene or the capitalocene. (after world capitalism) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Reflect the human activity becoming equal to a force of nature. What are the artists thinking about concerning climate disruption. How could aesthetic practices address the social and political spheres that are being set in stone? heather davis & etienne. Attitude on the way we live (recycling, etc) Questions for human beings, ecologists, interactions between groups of people. Huge amount of contemporary art has an ecological focus. Information on these topics is coming to people in a visual frame/package. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Wilson, is more bacterial than primate. -- heather. Anthro-op-cene = human beings treating non-human beings. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
