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Record Nr.

UNINA9910511395503321

Autore

Gibson Prudence

Titolo

The plant contract : art's return to vegetal life / / by Prudence Gibson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill Rodopi, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

90-04-36054-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 pages)

Collana

Critical Plant Studies : Philosophy, Literature, Culture, , 2213-0659 ; ; Volume 3

Disciplina

113.8

Soggetti

Nature (Aesthetics)

Plants

Plants (Philosophy)

Philosophy of nature

Human ecology

Art - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The Wasteland and the Wilding: The Aesthetic of Abandoned and Reclaimed Green Spaces -- Green Man: Human-Plant Hybrids -- Robotany and Aesthetics -- Bio Rights: Earth of Agonies and Eco-Punks -- Eco-Feminism: Plants as Becoming-Woman -- Ungrounding Plant Life: The After-Effects -- Conclusion: On Rhizomes and Dead Trees.

Sommario/riassunto

The Plant Contract argues that visual and performance art can help change our perception of the vegetal world, and can return us to nature and thought. Via an investigation into the wasteland, robotany, feminist plants, and nature rights, this phytology-love story investigates how contemporary art is mediating the effects of plant-blindness, caused by human disassociation from the natural world. It is also a gesture of respect for the genius of vegetal life, where new science proves plants can learn, communicate, remember, make decisions, and associate. Art is a litmus test for how climate change affects human perception. This book responds to that test by expressing plant-philosophy to a wider



public, through an interrogation of plant-art.