Diverse Persistent Ecologies & Beauty and Aesthetics Discussion

Question Description

Diverse Persistent Ecologies is our theme for class on November 2. The assignment is to become familiar with diverse persistent ecologies through the experimental ideas of Beau Lotto, works by artists from the eco-aesthetics exhibition, Don’t Panic, held in South Africa, and the sonic experiments of bio-aesthetics.

1. Beau Lotto

* “How Our Minds Shape Perception”

https://www.ted.com/talks/beau_lotto_optical_illusions_show_how_we_see

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/beau-lotto/optical-illusions_b_2139341.html

* “Lab of Misfits”

https://www.labofmisfits.com

https://bigthink.com/videos/beau-lotto-creativity-is-another-form-of-logic

2. from Don’t / Panic, curated by Gabi Ngcobo

2.a. The book Don’t / Panic is from an art exhibit of the same name, curated by Gabi Ngcobo. The short book can be read, virtually in its entirety, at the link below. Note, the pages have small, light print and images with detail, which might not be readable on phones.

* https://books.google.com/books?id=Ck2kax9r-HcC&printsec=frontcover&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false

Required: Read the opening pages, which give an introduction to the entire exhibition. Next, while looking back and forth between images and text, become familiar with the artworks discussed.

2.b. Become more familiar with several of the artists discussed by visiting their works at the links below, and related works that you find through your own research:

2.b.i. Batoul S’himi, “The World Under Pressure”

* http://wearekahenas.tumblr.com/post/92441450462/batoul-shimi-world-under-pressure

2.b.ii. Mlu Zondi, “IDENTIKAT”

* http://www.artthrob.co.za/06nov/artbio.html

2.b.iii. Otobong Nkanga,

* http://www.otobongnkanga.com/

Within the site, include visits to “Alterscapes” (Uprooting the past and spilling waste), “Delta Stories,” “Memory of a Landscape,”

http://www.scribd.com/doc/47817268/Re-Constructing-Mindscapes-on-Otobong-Nkanga-NH-290111

http://www.lumentravo.nl/wp/?p=2662

2.b.iv. Dineo Seshee Bopape,

* “ if a tree. . .” http://seshee.blogspot.com/

* showreel, http://vimeo.com/16310153

(* “microwave cosmic”, http://vimeo.com/11557825 we will view “microwave cosmic” in class together)

* from “they act as lovers” and “the problem of beauty”

http://archive.stevenson.info/exhibitions/bopape/index2011.html

2.b.v.. Bright Eke Ugochukwu

* “Eco-scope” site—be sure to make it to the end of the webpage. Some of the links along the right site of the site may be of interest

http://u-bright.blogspot.com/

2.b.vi. George Osodi

*http://georgeosodi.photoshelter.com/

“Oil Rich Norway,” “Oil Rich Delta,” “Ghana Gold”

* “Postcard from Norway—Hypocrisy: The Site Specificity of Morality” (by Natalie Hope O’Donnell, on Osodi exhibit, excellent commentary)

http://www.artvehicle.com/postcard/32

* “Oil Rich Niger Delta” (by Vera Tollmann, with images)

http://www.goethe.de/ges/umw/prj/kuk/fot/oso/enindex.htm

* another article, http://we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2011/12/delta-nigeria-the-rape-of-para.php#.UKkr2Y7A64A

3. Bioaesthetics

3.a. Miya Masaoka

http://miyamasaoka.com/

including

“Pieces for Plants,” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AHOEcAprc8

https://vimeo.com/63343503

With insects

http://miyamasaoka.com/work/2018/adventures-of-the-solitary-bee/

https://vimeo.com/95526461

“For Birds, Planes, and Cello”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd3M2JQZNYo

Others by Masaoka

http://miyamasaoka.com/category/installations-performances/

https://hyperallergic.com/434893/miya-masaoka-vaginated-chairs-moma-ps1-performance/

3.b. Yuji Dogane

http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2012/03/29/yuji-dogane-radio-active-plantron/

http://www.samtidskunst.dk/simpleinteractions/en/projects/yuji-dogane/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BiGgVw7Mbk

https://vimeo.com/41195144

http://paper.cup.com/cas/dougane/indexe.html

3.c.. Trees and Corn

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/04/130415-trees-drought-water-science-global-warming-sounds/

http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/plants-react-to-sound-make-noises/article3304060.ece

3.d. Hideo Iwasaka Lab

* Bioaesthetics: :Laboratory for Cell Network and Biomedia

http://www.f.waseda.jp/hideo-iwasaki/english.html

(Among the many projects is “Heliotropika: Interfacing between Cyanobacteria and Humans”) In relation to “Heliotropika,” see also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HOHRJwB0wY

And, as discussed in class last week, Land Generator Art

https://landartgenerator.org

https://landartgenerator.org/LAGI2010/

Your portfolio entry may use any format to pursue a theme of your own selection, with reference to specific aspects of selected works.

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