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| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Steyn, Gerald |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Abstract | Environmental degradation, pollution and poverty are said to be destroying most countries worldwide. This article responds to the need for the recognition of role that ecologically-concerned art can play in environmental education. However, political and economic agendas are at odds with these concerns and are at the core of much contemporary ecological art that questions humankind’s relationship to the land. The processes of critique in these artworks engender the idea of “a future” and artists are redefining their role as socio-political activism, collaborating with communities and environmentalists to effect change. Ecological artworks represent an interdisciplinary approach, are based on the concepts of collaboration and biodiversity, place an even greater emphasis on natural processes and time sequences, provide these creative activists with new ways to synthesise art, science, nature and life, and sensitise the viewer to the fragility of nature. The article is based on the premise that art is imaginative, visionary and multi-dimensional thus able to provide creative programmes, that are educative, create environmental awareness and promote a paradigm shift that incorporates concepts of interconnectedness between people and the planet, and that of living lightly on the planet. |
| Starting Page | 175 |
| Ending Page | 189 |
| Page Count | 15 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 23 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/10170/Steyn_Market(2008).pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=1 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
