we are exploring the topic throughout art practices, starting from the
processual artwork *Is there Love in the technoetic Narcissus?* cross this
mailing list. Personally I need always a theoretical background and for
that anthropocentrism is not simply dealing with climate change, the point
is climate change is an eco-logical massive problem. In fact in a
pragmatical point of view Anthropocentrism plays an analogous role as
androcentrism in feminist theory and ethnocentrism in anti-racist theory.
For that we could call human-centredness "anthrocentrism" (Plumwood, V.
1993) to emphasise this parallel.
How could we speak about an non-anthrocentric-art, if seems not possible to
avoid the centripetal tendency of the humankind?
fra
2010/5/5 Laura Gemini <laura.gemini@uniurb.it>
> Thanks.
> So what about Maps by Diller Scofidio + Renfro? Could this work be included
> in this kind of research?
> Unfortunately I can't find this work but I posted some pictures here:
>
>
> http://incertezzacreativa.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/great-disappointed-expectations-1-terre-natale/
>
> As I can understand the topic anthropocentrism is linked to: 1. the "kinds"
> of art named by Natasha; 2. projects dealing with climate change.
>
> Right?
>
> Best,
> laura
>
>
> 2010/5/5 Pier Luigi Capucci <plc@noemalab.org>
>
> > Dear Laura,
> >
> > indeed there are are many artists working on these topics, some of them
> > have been indicared in other posts.
> > More, there are artsts who are working on the idea of sustainability or
> on
> > the impact of the human activities on our planet.
> >
> > Then there are events and artists involved in projects dealing with the
> > climate change, here a few links:
> >
> > http://www.olats.org/fcm/artclimat/artclimat_eng.php
> > http://www.capefarewell.com/
> >
> >
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/dec/02/climate-change-art-earth-rethink
> > http://climatechangeeducation.org/art/visual_arts/
> >
> > There are many more situations dealing with the climate change issues,
> > sorry for indicating here only a few websites. Maybe some yasminers can
> add
> > more information about this topic.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Pier Luigi
> >
> >
> > Il giorno 02/mag/2010, alle ore 00.28, Laura Gemini ha scritto:
> >
> > > Dear Pier Luigi,
> > > Dear Yasminers,
> > >
> > > I'm not a respondent in this debate but I've been following it and I
> find
> > > all the posts very interesting. So I'd like to do a simple question,
> > > starting from a short sentence.
> > > As far as I'm concerned, that is from an ephistemological and
> > sociological
> > > point of view, the anthropocentrism – and its linked concept:
> narcissism
> > –
> > > it's mainly a symbolic issue. In other words: only the human beings can
> > > leave the anthropocentric point of view as a symbolic instance.
> According
> > to
> > > Edgar Morin I mean… If we try to define a sort of "eco-thought" (that
> > could
> > > include nature and technology as well) we must conceive this process as
> > an
> > > human awareness or necessity to reduce the complexity of the world.
> > > Now I'm wondering: what does it means for the art and for the artists?
> > What
> > > kind of art, which example or case, is based on this kind of awareness
> > or
> > > necessity?
> > >
> > > Laura
> > >
> > > 2010/4/23 Pier Luigi Capucci <plc@noemalab.org>
> > >
> > >> hello,
> > >>
> > >> sorry Francesco, Roger and all for joining this discussion late. It is
> > >> indeed a very intriguing topic, and, as Natasha noted, a
> > multidimensional
> > >> one.
> > >>
> > >> Indeed the idea of "anthropocentrism" as some kind of ideology which
> > puts
> > >> humankind at the center of the known world has been historically put
> in
> > >> discussion in a long path. 2009 was both the 400 anniversary of the
> > >> telescope's invention by Galileo and the 150 anniversary of the
> > publication
> > >> of Darwin's "Origin of the Species" (and the 200centenary of his
> birth).
> > >> [BTW 2009 was the centenary anniversary of the Futurism avantgarde
> too,
> > with
> > >> the central position their time's technologies had in their poetics,
> but
> > >> we'd go too far]
> > >>
> > >> With his invention Galileo gave an extraordinary push to the sky's
> > >> observation, to the diffusion of the heliocentric system and of
> > Copernicus'
> > >> theories, also through the "scientific method" (which is often called
> > >> "Galilean method"). Copernicus dethroned the humankind from his
> central
> > >> position in the Universe, but, although dislocated in a remote zone
> the
> > >> humankind remained the chosen creature, the first one, the highest
> among
> > the
> > >> living beings on the Earth. Darwin dethroned the humankind from his
> > >> privileged position. Like all the living beings, humankind is the
> result
> > of
> > >> an extremely long process, of a "design without a designer". All the
> > living
> > >> beings, humankind included, were not created as they are and are not
> > steady
> > >> and unchangeable, but evolved starting about 3,8 billion years ago
> from
> > a
> > >> remote group of primeval common organisms.
> > >>
> > >> Hence all the living organisms are related, and each individual,
> > whatever
> > >> species it belongs, is unique but it is pervaded by the matter and the
> > >> processes which compose all the other living beings. The fundamental
> > >> processes and the control mechanisms are essentially the same in all
> > >> species; in our genes we have the genes of many other species, even of
> > >> viruses. And the difficulties and discussions in the science domain on
> > the
> > >> definition of "species" and on the methodology to set the differences
> > among
> > >> the species emphasize this "unitarity".
> > >>
> > >> It seems today the humankind is reaching another topic point in this
> > >> relativization path, since he has the chance to use sciences and
> > >> technologies to hugely modify some issues which deeply define the
> "human
> > >> essence", which becomes basically uncertain. But does this all imply
> > that
> > >> anthropocentrism is fading out? Or, better, does it imply it will/can
> > >> disappear?
> > >>
> > >> More after.
> > >>
> > >> Pier Luigi
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Pier Luigi Capucci
> > >> e-mail: plc@noemalab.org
> > >> web: http://www.noemalab.org/plc/plc.html
> > >> skype: plcapucci
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