Re-imagining utopias: The bat/human project
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19/05/2014
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The making of the modern world has long been fuelled by utopian images that are blind to ecologi- cal reality. Botanical gardens are but one example – who typically portray themselves as miniature, isolated 'edens on earth', whereas they are now in many cases self-evidently also the vital ‘lungs’ of crowded cities, as well as critical habitats for threat- ened biodiversity. In 2010 the 'Remnant Emergency Art lab' set out to question utopian thinking through a creative provocation called the 'Botanical Gardens ‘X-Tension’ - an imagined city-wide, distributed, network of 'ecological gardens' suited to both bat and human needs, in order to ask, what now needs to be better understood, connected and therefore ultimately conserved. |
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M I T Press |
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/56741/7/leon_a_00782.pdf DOI:10.1162/LEON_a_00782 Armstrong, Keith (2014) Re-imagining utopias: The bat/human project. Leonardo, 47(3), pp. 282-285. |
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Copyright 2014 MIT Press |
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Creative Industries Faculty; School of Design |
Palavras-Chave | #120504 Land Use and Environmental Planning #190200 FILM TELEVISION AND DIGITAL MEDIA #190203 Electronic Media Art #220303 Environmental Philosophy #Art #Ecology #Chiroptera #Environmental Activism #Social Change #Grey Headed Flying Foxes #Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney #Remnant Emergency Artlab |
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