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The Tree of Valbella arises out of a special, highly topical constellation in current times. The story behind the project culminated in July 2019 after a long conceptual and production stage, resulting in the construction of the ensemble... more
The need to be distant from the frenetic rhythms of the contemporary life, to rediscover an equal relationship with the natural environment, and to expand ecological and eco-critical awareness, is certainly not a recent idea. Already on... more
Reseña sobre la exposición Arte y Naturaleza
en la Edad Media. Obras del Museo de Cluny,
Museo Nacional de Colombia. Bogotá. 28 de
abril – 30 de julio de 2017.
en la Edad Media. Obras del Museo de Cluny,
Museo Nacional de Colombia. Bogotá. 28 de
abril – 30 de julio de 2017.
International Lecture and participant in a seminar, hosted by Konstfack - University of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm, invited by Professor Kristina Fridh. December 08th 2021 The purpose of the seminar is two folds: to enrich and... more
Small Talk condotta con l'artista Giulia Manfredi, in merito alla sua ricerca, e pubblicata nel numero N° 35 di SmallZine. (ISSN 2283-9771)
Catálogo com os resultados da primeira residência artística rural do Instituto Yvy Maraey, realizada em 2019. O programa abrigou artistas e pesquisadores, durante um mês, para práticas artísticas e interações em contexto rural. O catálogo... more
In "Landscapes, Natures, Ecologies Italy and the Environmental Humanities" - published by University of Virginia Press and edited by Serenella Iovino, Enrico Cesaretti and Elena Past - Andrea Lerda analyzes a specific historical period of... more
Since "Iconoclash" (see the review above), iconoclasm and related terms have been taken as fundamental, general categories for the interpretation of pictures. This essay is part of a project to historicize that interest, which I think... more
The elaborate way in which the Dutch anatomist Frederik Ruysch (1638–1731) decorated and presented his anatomical cabinet has raised questions as to whether we should view him as a scientist or rather as an artist. The concept of the... more
The essay argues that the sublime, and especially the postmodern sublime, is an intricate and unresolved concept, and that it is not often coherent or necessary to import it into discourse on contemporary art. This was also published as... more
{Kira Santana, University of Hawai’i at Manoa} Born from the grey rocks at the edge of the fjord, my blood runs // as clear blue saltwater, my bones grafted from the sand // at the bottom of the sea, out of the long, curving Oslofjord I... more
Stare into the Caffenol to Reveal your Future is a blueprint for an ecological future for photography, inspired by London Alt Photo Collective's sustainable darkroom residencies. Featuring interviews from analogue photographers, the paper... more
Nature (ziran) has been a key concept in Chinese art, yet the ‘nature’ celebrated in Chinese shanshui paintings and gardens are already abstract inventions, bearing only tenuous connections with the physical world beyond human habitation... more
Throughout history, the Druids have always been seen as sorcerers who had a strong bond with nature. Ancestral knowledge holders within Celtic society, directed all religious activity as the highest authority linked to the gods, practiced... more
I focus on Martial’s pessimistic sense of Nature, on his substantial distrust of every kind of Art. Nature is ferocious and unpredictable. It only pretends to be tamed, wearing an ephemeral mask, but it is never truly tamed. Lurking... more
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El presente artículo de reflexión desarrolla, con una mirada pautada fuertemente por la vivencia directa del espacio y la intención de generar un discurso textual y visual equilibrado, una profundización en las lógicas... more
"This essay takes up touch and intimacy as the criteria most fundamental to the design and intended impact of flower paintings. My contention is twofold. Firstly, the flower still life as a picture intimates a gesture of reciprocal... more
in: Frank Fehrenbach und Matthias Krüger (Hg.): Der Achte Tag. Naturbilder in der Kunst des 21. Jahrhunderts, Berlin 2016, S. 39-57.
We propose a model which argues that aesthetics is based on biosemiotic processes and introduces the non-anthropomorphic aesthetics. In parallel with habit-taking, which is responsible for generating semiotic regularities, there is... more
This is the introduction to the book "Beyond the Aesthetic and the Anti-Aesthetic." In it, I make an attempt to list the various revivals of beauty, and the forms of affect theory.
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Esta publicación incide sobre una problemática crucial de nuestro tiempo: la necesidad de transitar hacia modelos sociales más equitativos y sostenibles frente a la crisis ecosocial contemporánea. A partir de un enfoque interdisciplinar,... more
"Shells begin as movable dwellings for the mollusks who create them, but where a shell ends up is far from predetermined. They may go on to have many lives once their makers have left them behind. Whether subsumed into the geological... more
For know the controversial history of the Druids in the Celtic world, will investigate the sources of its origin, through stories of classic texts and medieval legends of Gaul, Britain and Ireland. His role in Celtic society surpassed the... more
From the beginning of its academic study around 1870, Romanticism has been defined simultaneously as a historical period (chronologically restricted) and as a stylistic type (chronologically open). This paradox, consisting in the... more
For the new facsimile of Maria Sibylla Merian's principal work, Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium from 1705, (facsimile published in October 2016) Bert van de Roemer wrote one of the introductory essays. When Maria Sibylla Merian... more
“Climate Art Project” is an art and science project on the climate Change causes and consequences, made by the visual artist Andreco. Climate is composed by a series of interventions that took place in different European cities; the... more
Years ago, Madeline H. Caviness defined the visionary mode as a distinct mode of expression characterized by a preference for geometric forms, for compositions highly ordered and hierarchical where disorder, as embodied in the contorted... more
Walking Art / Walking Aesthetics Richard Long y Hamish Fulton: desplazarse entre paisajes | ELOÍSA HERNÁNDEZ VIRAMONTES. La práctica artística de Richard Long y Hamish Fulton, ingleses que desde los años sesenta realizan recorridos a... more
In the Renaissance, catastrophes constituted a significant part of people’s daily lives; either by means of direct experience, such as that of floods or earthquakes, or in the form of apocalyptic sermons, which affected people’s religious... more
SUMARIO Artículos Pablo Enrique Abraham Zunino, "Bergson y el concepto de imagen en los estudios sobre cine de Deleuze" (7-46) Martín Prestía, "Filosofía, poesía y política en Carlos Astrada: notas para una lectura de El mito gaucho... more
This paper is an analysis and anamnesis of the art of the Bangladeshi abstract painter Kazi Ghiyasuddin This paper also explores Bangladeshi Modernism-as an artistic movement in close dialogue with Modernist art emerging from the rest of... more
Nature has always inspired musicians and scholars. Through the imagery of nature, the basic issues of life and mental landscapes are explored and expressed. Music can reflect our experience of nature and create a sense of belonging to an... more
Immagini di altalene in un mondo cangiante, in Veronica Montanino, RAMI, Musei di Villa Torlonia, Casino Nobile 14 ottobre 2020 – 28 marzo 2021, catalogo della mostra a cura di M.G. Tolomei -ROMA CAPITALE SOVRINTENDENZA CAPITOLINA AI BENI... more