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SUMMARY:Art's Mediation as Remediation: On Some Artworks and their reuses of Toxic Materials - Esther Leslie
DESCRIPTION:There is so much toxicity and contamination in the world. It is incontestable that vast parts of nature are poisoned\, ailing or in retreat\, and under threat. We live amongst poisoned materials.  Drawing on the various ways in which Adorno and Benjamin addressed both the assault on nature\, in the name of progress\, and the possibility – or significance – of art in and after catastrophe\, a number of contemporary art practices are examined in this lecture as a working through of art as a form of mediation. This mediation is multiple:  between nature and culture\, between world and self\, between politics and aesthetics\, The works and practices under examination engage directly with toxic materials\, actual or evoked. In this way\, the toxic materials are re-mediated\, in a double sense. They are used and reused as toxic materials\, but in addition\, they are remediated\, which is to say provide some sort of remedy or alleviation of the dire circumstances. Through such practices\, the transmutational capacities of art practice are engaged\, but without negating the actual hurt in the world. \nEsther Leslie is a Professor of Political Aesthetics at Birkbeck\, University of London. She has research interests in political theories of aesthetics and culture and the poetics of science and technology\, as well as animation\, in an expanded sense. She has a particular focus on thinkers associated with the Frankfurt School\, including Walter Benjamin\, T.W. Adorno\, Kracauer and Bloch. Recent work includes a thorough and experimental history of Weimar radio and BBC exile history through the figure of Ernst Schoen. \nKeynote by Dr. Kyveli Mavrokordopoulou. \nThis event is part of our winter semester 2023/24 Lecture Series Lifelikeness. \nTo take part either online or in presence\, please register with events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/evening-lecture-esther-leslie-keynote-by-kyveli-mavrokordopoulou/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais/Online\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series,Lecture Series 2024,Lecture Series 23/24
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SUMMARY:Toxic Material(itie)s: Eco-Material Entanglements in Art
DESCRIPTION:Workshop at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg: Cultures of Research (c:o/re) \n\nOrganized by \n\n\n\nKäte Hamburger Kolleg: Cultures of Research (c:o/re) & \n\n\n\nChristian Berger (Universität Siegen)\, Ruby de Vos (University of Groningen)\, Kyveli Mavrokordopoulou (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) \n\n\n\nOur workshop sets out from the obvious\, yet underexplored assumption\, that much of the very stuff that art is made of is toxic. Whether working in the studio\, in the dark room\, in the quarry\, or at contaminated sites\, artists have been\, and continue to be\, exposed to a wide range of toxic materials. But exposure always goes hand in hand with its inevitable corollary\, pollution—from the dumped toxic waste generated by the production of photographic materials to the air and water pollution generated by marble extraction. The toxicity of artistic materials extends far beyond the hazards of the artist’s job—they are part of larger environmental issues. So what can we learn when we explore artworks through the lens of their materiality within an expanded frame that is attentive to their art historical as well as environmental and sociopolitical context? \n\n\n\nSee the full program here. \n\n\n\nTo attend\, please register with events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/toxic-materialities-eco-material-entanglements-in-art/
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