02822nam 2200577 450 991079663130332120230814221616.090-04-36054-910.1163/9789004360549(CKB)4100000001874725(MiAaPQ)EBC5265072 2017054739(nllekb)BRILL9789004360549(EXLCZ)99410000000187472520180303h20182018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe plant contract art's return to vegetal life /by Prudence GibsonLeiden, Netherlands ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :Brill Rodopi,2018.©20181 online resource (183 pages)Critical Plant Studies : Philosophy, Literature, Culture,2213-0659 ;Volume 390-04-35303-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Critical plant studies ;Volume 3.Nature (Aesthetics)PlantsPlants (Philosophy)Philosophy of natureHuman ecologyArtPhilosophyNature (Aesthetics)Plants.Plants (Philosophy)Philosophy of nature.Human ecology.ArtPhilosophy.113.8Gibson Prudence1022413MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910796631303321The plant contract3701667UNINA