Online: Sculpture on a Burning Planet
Welcome to the ”Sculpture on a Burning Planet” lecture series starting on Thursday 23rd September. It is held online in Zoom, and we have four great guest speakers over the autumn semester.
All lectures start at 17.00 (GMT +2) and are free and open to all. The language of presentation is English. The series is presented by Professor Andy Best, Uniarts Helsinki’s Academy of Fine Arts.
Our planet is literally burning. Weather systems are becoming more extreme and destructive – and not just in the usual “hurricane belt” – witness the flooding in central Europe and in China, and the wildfires in Northern America during the summer of 2021. The challenge of Climate Change sends politicians and corporations in search of quick fixes and the Holy Grail of “clean energy”. Exploration and mining for rare-earth elements puts increasing pressure on pristine wilderness and indigenous people’s lands. How do artists and the art world react to these developments? The international art world itself is driven by carbon-hungry practices, in the production, presentation, and marketing of artists and artworks. In this lecture series, four renowned experts (artists and researchers) present hopeful possibilities for future artistic practise in this age of environmental crisis, with a particular focus on sculpture and environmental art.
Thursday 23 September Ki Nurmenniemi: Combustive Art
https://uniarts.zoom.us/j/66064331867
Passcode: 925062
Wednesday 6 October Sanna Lehtinen: Environmental Aesthetics and Art in the Age of Extractivism
https://uniarts.zoom.us/j/64135971811
Passcode: 113735
Wednesday 10 November Taru Elfving: Curating on Shifting Shorelines
https://uniarts.zoom.us/j/66036076441
Passcode: 334109
Wednesday 24 November Erich Berger: Of (Deep)Time Machines and Spectral Landscapes – Tales of the Rare Earth
https://uniarts.zoom.us/j/61563324196
Passcode: 495851
Welcome to the ”Sculpture on a Burning Planet” lecture series starting on Thursday 23rd September. It is held online in Zoom, and we have four great guest speakers over the autumn semester.
All lectures start at 17.00 (GMT +2) and are free and open to all. The language of presentation is English. The series is presented by Professor Andy Best, Uniarts Helsinki’s Academy of Fine Arts.
Our planet is literally burning. Weather systems are becoming more extreme and destructive – and not just in the usual “hurricane belt” – witness the flooding in central Europe and in China, and the wildfires in Northern America during the summer of 2021. The challenge of Climate Change sends politicians and corporations in search of quick fixes and the Holy Grail of “clean energy”. Exploration and mining for rare-earth elements puts increasing pressure on pristine wilderness and indigenous people’s lands. How do artists and the art world react to these developments? The international art world itself is driven by carbon-hungry practices, in the production, presentation, and marketing of artists and artworks. In this lecture series, four renowned experts (artists and researchers) present hopeful possibilities for future artistic practise in this age of environmental crisis, with a particular focus on sculpture and environmental art.
Thursday 23 September Ki Nurmenniemi: Combustive Art
https://uniarts.zoom.us/j/66064331867
Passcode: 925062
Wednesday 6 October Sanna Lehtinen: Environmental Aesthetics and Art in the Age of Extractivism
https://uniarts.zoom.us/j/64135971811
Passcode: 113735
Wednesday 10 November Taru Elfving: Curating on Shifting Shorelines
https://uniarts.zoom.us/j/66036076441
Passcode: 334109
Wednesday 24 November Erich Berger: Of (Deep)Time Machines and Spectral Landscapes – Tales of the Rare Earth
https://uniarts.zoom.us/j/61563324196
Passcode: 495851