Field to Palette: Dialogues on Soil and Art in the Anthropocene - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138297453 ISBN 13: 9781138297456

Verlag: CRC Press, 2018

Field To Palette : Dialogues On Soil And Art In The Anthropocene, 1St Edition by Alexandra Toland, Jay Stratton Noller, Gerd Wessolek, 9781138297456, T&F/Crc Press

Críticas:

The ambition of the editors and contributors of the book Field to Palette: Dialogues on Soil and Art in the Anthropocene is to help society reconnect with soil. The chapters are either essays that explore some of the cultural articulations of soil or incredibly informative conversations between artists, activists and scientists who share their thoughts about the material properties, cultural histories, environmental functions and existential threats of soil.

Field to Palette is an amazing publication. Its almost 700 pages are packed with photos, surprising information and moving encounters. I wish i had the time to talk about everything i’ve learnt in the book. The unexpectedly sophisticated sensory abilities of nematodes or the method to turn plastic-free baby diapers into planters and nutrients for trees, for example. Since one of the greatest achievements of the book is the way it demonstrates the important role that artists can play in raising discussions with the public and in participating to the solution to the many challenges soil faces today, i’ll dedicate the rest of my review of the book to just a few of the artworks and stories i discovered in Field to Palette.

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Reseña del editor:

Field to Palette: Dialogues on Soil and Art in the Anthropocene is an investigation of the cultural meanings, representations, and values of soil in a time of planetary change. The book offers critical reflections on some of the most challenging environmental problems of our time, including land take, groundwater pollution, desertification, and biodiversity loss. At the same time, the book celebrates diverse forms of resilience in the face of such challenges, beginning with its title as a way of honoring locally controlled food production methods championed by "field to plate" movements worldwide. By focusing on concepts of soil functionality, the book weaves together different disciplinary perspectives in a collection of dialogue texts between artists and scientists, interviews by the editors and invited curators, essays and poems by earth scientists and humanities scholars, soil recipes, maps, and DIY experiments. With contributions from over 100 internationally renowned researchers and practitioners, Field to Palette presents a set of visual methodologies and worldviews that expand our understanding of soil and encourage readers to develop their own interpretations of the ground beneath our feet.

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1138297453
• ISBN 13: 9781138297456
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 703
• Herausgeber: Toland Alexandra, Noller Jay Stratton, Wessolek Gerd