Chap 1 The landscape

the agony of gaia by jeff chapman crane

mitchell “landscape and power”

the landscape is a human construction, it builds our identity. it depedns on pollitcal decision, cultural construction but also involves ownership and oppression

the sublime

for the romantics, the sublime is something we admire but we also have this fear because it is overwhelming

the toxic sublime

the landscape looks sublime becasue of the distance but in reality, it is a mixed of the horror of the pollution. at first sight we do not see it

mary mattingly

posphate mine, refelxion of how art can pollute too

anthroposcene

the most recent period on earth history when human activity started to have a significant impact on the planet’s climate and ecosystem

ecoscene by tanacescu

how to make peace with and negotiate with everything that is not human, put ecology in front and center

mishka henner cattle farm

mitch epstein’s american power

how the energy production in the us impacted the landscape

the rebond effect

when we find a new form of energy we use it in addition of the others, we accumulate energy and don’t replace it

rick bass

the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse

• the genocide of the indigenous population

• slavery and plantation economy

• fordism

• extractivism

memory boom

western obsession with the past, accumulation of archives

memory crisis

focus on the negative memory, fear of the future

methodology by bull and handsen

• antagonistic (separate)

• agonistic (re-politicize the conflict)

• cosmopolitan (everyone is a victim)