Arts Ecologies Transitions

<p><em>Arts Ecologies Transitions</em> provides in-depth insights into how aesthetic relations and current artistic practices are fundamentally ecological and intrinsically connected to the world. As art is created in a given historic temporality it presents specific modalities of productive and sensory relations to the world. </p><p>With contributions from 49 researchers this book tracks evolutions in the arts that demonstrate an awareness of the environmental economic social and political crises. It proposes interdisciplinary approaches to art that clarify the multiple relationships between art and ecology through an exploration of key concepts such as collapsonauts degrowth place recycling and walking art. All the artistic fields are addressed from the visual arts theatre dance music and sound art cinema and photography – including those that are rarely represented in research such as digital creation or graphic design – to showcase the diversity of artistic practices in transition.</p><p>Through original research this book presents ideas in an accessible format and will be of interest to students and researchers in the fields of environmental studies ecology geography cultural studies architecture performance studies visual arts cinema music and literature studies.</p>