VC 74
Imaging Ecological Futures: Visual Art and Ecology
Imaging Ecological Futures: Visual Art and Ecology
9 units (3-0-6)
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How can art help visualize a post-carbon future? This class will look at environmental art projects over the past 50 years, from the birth of ecofeminism and anti-nuclear movements to today's artistic approaches to environmental justice. This class will research and discuss the legacy of eco artists, read seminal works, and engage in class discussions drawn from contemporary writing on the politics of colonial landscapes and queer approaches to ecology. These artworks address issues of sustainability, extraction and marginalization that affect vulnerable human bodies and the non-human world. We will then use ecological and feminist methods to create personal artworks. This class will use the resources of the Huntington Botanical Garden, and potentially field trips for plein air works on major local energy infrastructure sites.
Instructor:
Segall