Screen ecologies : art, media, and the environment in the Asia-Pacific region /
Larissa Hjorth, Sarah Pink, Kristen Sharp, and Linda Williams.
- 1 PDF (vii, 210 pages) : illustrations.
- Leonardo book series .
- Leonardo (Series) (Cambridge, Mass.) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Media, art, climate, publics -- Connections and disconnections -- Screen cultures in the Asia-Pacific -- Platforms for public engagements -- Art, critique, and climate change -- Emergent paradigms for collaboration -- Greening intimate publics -- Refiguring art, media, and environment.
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Images of environmental disaster and degradation have become part of our everyday media diet. This visual culture focusing on environmental deterioration represents a wider recognition of the political, economic, and cultural forces that are responsible for our ongoing environmental crisis. And yet efforts to raise awareness about environmental issues through digital and visual media are riddled with irony, because the resource extraction, manufacturing, transportation, and waste associated with digital devices contribute to environmental damage and climate change. Screen Ecologies examines the relationship of media, art, and climate change in the Asia-Pacific region -- a key site of both environmental degradation and the production and consumption of climate-aware screen art and media. Screen Ecologies shows how new media and visual artists provide alternative ways for understanding the entanglements of media and the environment in the Asia-Pacific. It investigates such topics as artists' exploration of alternative ways to represent the environment; regional stories of media innovation and climate change; the tensions between amateur and professional art; the emergence of biennials, triennials, and new arts organizations; the theme of water in regional art; new models for networked collaboration; and social media's move from private to public realms. A generous selection of illustrations shows a range of artist's projects.
Mode of access: World Wide Web
9780262334013
2000-2099
Art and society--History--Pacific Area--21st century. Art and technology--History--Pacific Area--21st century. Art--Themes, motives.--Pacific Area--21st century Climatic changes--Social aspects--History--Pacific Area--21st century. Art and society. Art and technology. Art--Themes, motives. Climatic changes--Social aspects.