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Earth Beats: The Changing Face of Nature
The exhibition and the preceding series of events take up the debate on climate change. Historical and contemporary, with art from the 18th century to the present.
鈥楨arth Beats鈥� is an artists鈥� plea to preserve the Earth and its natural resources, born out of the urgency of the present situation. Nature, in the form of landscape painting, is firmly embedded in art history. In works from earlier centuries we generally encounter it as idyllic scenery, but since the 1970s it has been depicted with ever greater clarity as an entity threatened by human intervention and at the same time deserving of protection. What do we see in a moorland landscape by Robert Z眉nd that the artist himself did not? And do we appreciate the documentary value of a colour painting of a glacier from a time before photography?
In the lead-up to the exhibition, the Kunsthaus is staging a series of interdisciplinary events entitled 鈥楨arth Talks'. Well-known international figures from the fields of climate research, forestry, business, urban planning, mobility research, technology and philosophy as well as activists from the worlds of film and literature will debate issues of nature protection and sustainability. The focus is on knowledge production and the development of concrete solutions, with the audience also getting involved as the events are live streamed.
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The exhibition and the preceding series of events take up the debate on climate change. Historical and contemporary, with art from the 18th century to the present.
鈥楨arth Beats鈥� is an artists鈥� plea to preserve the Earth and its natural resources, born out of the urgency of the present situation. Nature, in the form of landscape painting, is firmly embedded in art history. In works from earlier centuries we generally encounter it as idyllic scenery, but since the 1970s it has been depicted with ever greater clarity as an entity threatened by human intervention and at the same time deserving of protection. What do we see in a moorland landscape by Robert Z眉nd that the artist himself did not? And do we appreciate the documentary value of a colour painting of a glacier from a time before photography?
In the lead-up to the exhibition, the Kunsthaus is staging a series of interdisciplinary events entitled 鈥楨arth Talks'. Well-known international figures from the fields of climate research, forestry, business, urban planning, mobility research, technology and philosophy as well as activists from the worlds of film and literature will debate issues of nature protection and sustainability. The focus is on knowledge production and the development of concrete solutions, with the audience also getting involved as the events are live streamed.
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