a liquid platform
on the climate crisis, anthropocenic interactions and
ecological transition
a project by MUSE Science Museum Trento conceived
and curated by Stefano Cagol
➭ 19 November, 2022 H
18:30 Conference
Julie Reiss “Art and Science in the Anthropocene – A
dialogue on theories and practices for a desirable future” In conversation with the MUSE
scientist Carlo Maiolini and Stefano Cagol in the frame of Trento Scienza
Grandi Eventi With
the support of IBSA Foundation for scientific research
➭ 19, 20 November, 2022: Masterclass Julie Reiss “Art and
Science in the Anthropocene"
Participants:
Eleonora Ambrosini, Eduardo De Maio, Francesca Fattinger, Pamela
Frasson, Angela Fusillo, Marco Gentilini, Nicoletta Grillo, Lisa
Guerra, Angela Miceli, Paola Monardo, Isabella Nardon, Jacopo
Noera, Leonardo Panizza, Edoardo Spata, Maria Chiara Wang.
Lessons:
(Re)Defining the Roles of the Artist;
Sharing Agency with the Non-Human World;
Dissolving Boundaries Between Humans and Nature;
Ecofeminism and Water Protection;
“Slow Violence” and Environmental Justice;
The “Toxic Sublime” and the Post-Human Landscape;
Hyperobjects for Artists;
Artistic Transformations of Scientific Data.
Supported by IBSA Foundation for Scientific Research
WE ARE THE
FLOOD by MUSE Science Museum, the liquid platform on climate
crisis, anthropocenic interactions and ecological transition
that engages the public on the themes of the Anthropocene thanks
to the language and interpretation offered by contemporary art,
realized its first masterclass, which has been held by Julie
Reiss, one of US’ leading experts on art and the Anthropocene.
The masterclass took place on 19 and 20 November, addressed to
an audience of 15 young artists and curators selected through an
open call. The selected participants are: Eleonora Ambrosini,
Eduardo De Maio, Francesca Fattinger, Pamela Frasson, Angela
Fusillo, Marco Gentilini, Nicoletta Grillo, Lisa Guerra, Angela
Miceli, Paola Monardo, Isabella Nardon, Jacopo Noera, Leonardo
Panizza, Edoardo Spata, Maria Chiara Wang.
For the
past decade, Julie Reiss has focused her attention on the role
art can play in changing paradigms and raising public awareness
of the climate crisis, releasing in 2019 the book, edited by
her, 'Art, theory and practice in the Anthropocene' (Vernon
Press). A pioneering scholar of installation art, she is the
author of 'From margin to centre: the spaces of installation
art', published in 1999 by MIT Press. She recently directed a
masters programme in modern and contemporary art at Christie's
Education, New York. With experience ranging from teaching at
the undergraduate and graduate level, designing academic
programs, museum education, writing and curating, she is a Ph.D.
art historian.
«Since the first Earth
Day in 1970, artists around the globe have increasingly turned
their focus to ecological issues, creating artwork that
addresses threats to a sustainable future, including the
impacts of loss of biodiversity, rising sea levels, extreme
weather events, plastic pollution, and the fragility of our
shared ecosystems, particularly on the most vulnerable
communities. Through public and community-based art and
exhibitions in local and international institutional settings,
artists raise awareness of the need to act collectively,
creating tangible points of public engagement. Beyond calling
for immediate and sustained action, they point toward paths of
resilience and adaptation, at times offering concrete and
immediate solutions. Artists challenge worldviews that have
led to the challenges faced today, and suggest conceptual
alternatives to anthropocentric and colonial approaches to
nature. They amplify historical inequities and the urgent need
for environmental and social justice for underrepresented
groups through their artwork. They invite viewer participation
and collective action, and in the process, they expand our
potential for empathy and increase agency for all life.»
Julie Reis
MUSE, one of the most visited museums in Italy,
plays an important role in the communication and dissemination
of environmental as well as scientific culture. In recent years
it has developed an Anthropocene think tank and has often
tackled contemporary art languages, even receiving an award from
the Italian Council (9th edition). This outpost position is now
consolidated with WE ARE THE FLOOD, which stems from current
urgencies and the inescapable need to probe and decode
increasingly complex environmental, viral and climatic issues
through contemporary art, and aspires to root a shared we to
create a new awareness of today and imagine different ways of
existence.
