A Poetics of Empathy

A Poetics of Empathy

Location: Scotland      INTRODUCTION   HELEN MAYER HARRISON AND NEWTON HARRISON are pioneers in the creative development of art and ecology. It was Helen who read Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, a critical influence in their decision in the...
It’s Really Just a Love Story

It’s Really Just a Love Story

Location: Quebec City, CanadaINTRODUCTION RADICAL CARE HAS BEEN defined as ‘a set of vital but underappreciated strategies for enduring precarious worlds’ (Hobart & Kneese, 2020, p. 2). Art can manifest as an important interface through which we allow...
Liza Lim: Composer

Liza Lim: Composer

Location: BerlinINTRODUCTION THE MUSIC OF AUSTRALIAN COMPOSER LIZA LIM is a product of an empathy-driven ecological praxis that cycles through research, creation, and reflection. It emerges from her engagement with contemporary questions of ecological science and...
Emphatic Relationships

Emphatic Relationships

Location: Glasgow, ScotlandMy artistic subject matter is the life of nature. By contemplating nature, I seek to renew my own identity. -Reiko Goto Collins     PROLOGUE   LISTENING TO MORE than human others has an aesthetic quality that appeals to...
Leslie Labowitz: Sprout Actions

Leslie Labowitz: Sprout Actions

Location: Los AngelesINTRODUCTION Leslie Labowitz is a seminal Los Angeles feminist performance and visual artist who first became known in the 1970s for her anti-violence against women works in collaboration with Suzanne Lacy.  By 1980, with the inception of her...