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Ecopoiesis : ecological issues of artistic creation at new media age

Abstract

Man's relationship with his environment seems to evolve following a pattern similar to that of the discoveries of science and technology, which bring about new ways to interact with the world. Now in the age of biotechnology and nanotechnology, of digital networks and new audiovisual media, our capacity to act in the world mutates accordingly. In their practice of new media in order to produce their works, many artists question the complexity of the ecological and technological systems that surround us. When they seem to criticize these technologies or try to create new systemic models, is it not often their way of encouraging us to claim ownership of our very habitats? This dissertation studies the ways in which ecology may be revisited through the use of new media and technologies in contemporary artistic works. Our hypothesis is that a study of the relation between art, the environment(s) where it is displayed and the new media it uses may help us rethink the way we inhabit the world. Tentatively, we suggest the word « ecopoiesis » to qualify the creative processes in which ecology is at stake. The goal is to come up with a notion of the complex and systemic relations that the artists, the works of art and the audience have with their environment.

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