#anthropocence

[elsafari]

Anthropocene, el caos del mundo

El artista David Thomas Smith se propuso capturar imágenes de Google Maps de aquellos lugares en los que proliferan industrias como las del petróleo, metales preciosos, excesos y consumismo. Así ideó Anthropocene, en proyecto que ve desde arriba ciudades como Beijin, Vancuver, Las vegas y Dubai, entre otras y que logra crear, mediante la simetría de estas imágenes, fotografías caóticas, que de solo mirarlas se cansa la vista. Si esto es solo una vista panorámica del territorio en los que se insertan las grandes industrias del mundo, la vida en aquellos lugares deber ser una locura. Una crítica a la sociedad de consumo, es lo que presenta Smith en lo que verás a continuación.

[elsafari]

Anthropocene, el caos del mundo

El artista David Thomas Smith se propuso capturar imágenes de Google Maps de aquellos lugares en los que proliferan industrias como las del petróleo, metales preciosos, excesos y consumismo. Así ideó Anthropocene, en proyecto que ve desde arriba ciudades como Beijin, Vancuver, Las vegas y Dubai, entre otras y que logra crear, mediante la simetría de estas imágenes, fotografías caóticas, que de solo mirarlas se cansa la vista. Si esto es solo una vista panorámica del territorio en los que se insertan las grandes industrias del mundo, la vida en aquellos lugares deber ser una locura. Una crítica a la sociedad de consumo, es lo que presenta Smith en lo que verás a continuación.

[lautreamontsworld]

BEN TARANTO Metamorphic View (detail) 2016 glass, mild steel, projector, security camera, live image projection Exhibition | Stratum Rebecca Delange, Betra Fravel, Will Heathcote, Ben Taranto 21 September - 16 October 2016 On view at c3 Contemporary Art Space Melbourne Australia www.c3artspace.com www.bentaranto.com @c3artspace @ben_taranto #stratum #visualart #sculpturalinstallation #interdisciplinary #mutiplemediums #contemporaryart #sculpture #siteresponsive #anthropocence #environment #artinmelbourne #melbourne #c3artspace #bentaranto #melbourneartspaces #melbournegalleries (at c3 contemporary art space)

[lautreamontsworld]

WILL HEATHCOTE 41°26'05" South 148°16'39" East 2016 modelled cast from location: silicone moulded polyurethane resin, polystyrene, plaster top coat, gold leaf Exhibition | Stratum Rebecca Delange, Betra Fravel, Will Heathcote, Ben Taranto 21 September - 16 October 2016 On view at c3 Contemporary Art Space Melbourne Australia www.c3artspace.com www.willheathcote.com @c3artspace @willheathcote7 #stratum #sculpturalinstallation #contemporarysculpture #sculpture #installation #anthropocence #climate #environment #materiality #nonphysical #geologic #artinmelbourne #c3artspace #willheathcote #melbourneartspaces #melbourne #melbournegalleries (at c3 contemporary art space)

[zzkt]

Agamben Notes

Agamben argues that the boundary which separates the human and the animal is at best a tenuous one. As such, what he means by ‘the open’ is that moment during which the human is reconciled with the animal in the state of what Heidegger terms ‘profound boredom’. Against the backdrop of the ‘anthropological machine’ that produces an anthropocentric history of being, Agamben advances the thesis that the human and the animal are essentially indistinguishable, despite the discursive production of these figures as distinct entities. As a result, the discursive production of the human becomes politicised (what Agamben refers to as ‘bios’, the political life of the human or ‘qualified life’) and it is set in contrast to the anthropocentric definition of nonhuman life as worthless and disposable (as ‘zoe’ or ‘bare-life’)

http://technepoiesis12.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/agamben-notes/

[zzkt]

Climate change signals the end of the social sciences

This human-nature hybrid is true not just of the climate system, but of the planet as a whole, although it would be enough for it to be true of the climate system. We know from the new discipline of Earth system science that changes in the atmosphere affect not just the weather but the Earth’s hydrosphere (the watery parts), the biosphere (living creatures) and even the lithosphere (the Earth’s crust). They are all linked by the great natural cycles and processes that make the planet so dynamic. In short, everything is in play.

http://theconversation.edu.au/climate-change-signals-the-end-of-the-social-sciences-11722