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Art and the sensorial imagination of the ‘unseen’

Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

Description

Our relationships with the more-than-human world are always somewhat incomplete as they are partially based on our state of awareness of what reaches us through our doors of perception. Only a limited part of what is “out there” in front of us, registers in our brain. We tend to only notice what we consider worthwhile paying attention to. This “becoming aware” of presences of nonhuman others shifts in time, as we continuously move our bodies through space. Goethe was one of the first in the Western world who understood that our “exact sensorial perception” of natural phenomena, needs to be complemented by “’exact sensorial imagination”. Moreover, we should appreciate understandings stemming from our intuition, to be able to relate more fully also to what is not there, or not yet there. Perhaps, such an artful empiricism is all the more relevant and urgent in our time and age, to develop and further nourish a sense of connection with the “underworld” – the myriad life forms and vibrant non-living matter below our feet – indeed, the very focus of this Biotoopia seminar.
In my presentation I looked into ways in which art can help us relate to the unseen, the unfolding, the emergent, so that our understandings of our shared lifeworld become not only richer, deeper layered, but also more appreciative of its infinite complexity.
Period12 May 2023
Event titleBiotoopia
Event typeConference
LocationTallinn, EstoniaShow on map
Degree of RecognitionInternational

UN SDGs

This activity contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 04 - Quality Education
    SDG 04 Quality Education
  2. SDG 09 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 09 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  3. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  4. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  5. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  6. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  7. SDG 14 - Life Below Water
    SDG 14 Life Below Water
  8. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land

Keywords

  • soil
  • art
  • more-than-human world

Research Focus Areas Hanze University of Applied Sciences * (mandatory by Hanze)

  • Art

Research Focus Areas Research Centre or Centre of Expertise * (mandatory by Hanze)

  • Art & Wellbeing
  • Art
  • Healthy Ageing
  • Art & Sustainability
  • Art, Learning and Participation

Publinova themes

  • Language, Culture and Arts
  • Education and Teaching
  • Spatial Planning and Policy
  • Nature and Agriculture
  • People and Society

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