Exposition

The Plot, The Compositor, Mourning/Mistakes (2021)

Alexandra Crouwers
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In the Summer of 2019, a small family forest fell victim to a spruce bark beetle plague. Unusually mild winters caused larvae numbers to explode, and extreme drought weakened the otherwise more resilient trees. Expanding patches of dead forest can be found from the North Sea coast to the Baltics. The cleared forest became The Plot: a witness to climate change, and a gateway to dealing with ecological grief. My own eco-anxiety is utilized as a case study: how to deal with this new kind of loss? What is The Plot telling us? How do we move forward without losing hope? The exposition presents The Plot as fertile ground for artistic and collaborative research, including a contribution by Lisa Jeannin, a custom made font, moving image, and an audio work.

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Sommaren 2019 blev en liten, familjeägd skog ödelagd efter angrepp av granbarkborre. Ovanligt milda vintrar har inneburit en explosiv ökning av mängden barkborrar samtidigt som perioder av extrem torka har försvagat de annars betydligt mer motståndskraftiga träden. Hela vägen från Nordsjöns kust till Baltikum finns nu växande områden av död skog. Den ödelagda skogen blev The Plot: ett vittnesmål om klimatförändring och en plats för bearbetning av ekologisk sorg. I projektet använder jag min egen eko-ångest som fallstudie. Hur hanterar vi dessa nya typer av förluster? Vad kan vi lära oss av The Plot? Hur kan vi gå vidare utan att förlora hopp? Expositionen introducerar The Plot som bördig mark för konstnärlig och kollaborativ forskning. Den omfattar ett bidrag av Lisa Jeannin, ett skräddarsytt typsnitt, rörlig bild, och ett ljudverk.
typeresearch exposition
keywordsecology, plague, ecological trauma, artistic research, science fiction, intermedial practices, visual art
date23/11/2020
published19/10/2021
last modified19/10/2021
statuspublished
share statusprivate
affiliationKU Leuven/LUCA School of Arts
copyrightAlexandra Crouwers
licenseCC BY-NC-ND
languageEnglish
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/1057314/1273089
doihttps://doi.org/10.22501/vis.1057314
published inVIS - Nordic Journal for Artistic Research
portal issue6. VIS Issue 6
external linkhttps://solastalgia.theappealoftheunreal.com/


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