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Ghost Nature (2015)

Caroline Picard
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The predominant cultural tradition prioritises humankind and human culture above all other life forms – a linear, anthropocentric narrative wherein the human appears as the latest, most developed draft of life in a grand opera of consciousness; the opera begins with the origin of a universe that has since continued until now, forward from the darkest beginning of A to an elusive horizon of B: that spot in the distance that shall never be reached. The following exposition reflects notes, quotations, and autobiographical incidents that muddle this mythology. This assemblage of sources composes a constellation without beginning, centre, or end in an effort to enact a more general and omniscient intellectual environment that highlights the longstanding hierarchical expectations inherent in the Western world.
typeresearch exposition
keywordsGhost Nature, Contemporary Art, Curatorial Studies, Exhibition Prosthetics, La Box, Gallery 400, Object Oriented Ontology, New Materialism, Speculative Realism, Global Warming, Bioart, Ecology, Anthropocene, Robert Burnier, Xaviera Simmons, Stephen Lapthisophon, Jeremy Bolen, Heidi Norton, Art Orienté objet, Timothy Morton, Graham Harman, Jane Bennett, The Green Lantern Press, Laurie Palmer, Caroline Picard, Joao Florencio, Nettrice Gaskins, Jamila Woods, Sebastian Alvarez, Irina Botea, Marcus Coates, Every house has a door, Assaf Evron, Carrie Gundersdorf, Institute of Critical Zoologists, Jenny Kendler, Devin King, Stephen Lapthisophon, Milan Metthey, Rebecca Mir Grady, Heidi Norton, Akosua Adoma Owusu, Tessa Siddle, Xaviera Simmons, Ghost Nature, Contemporary Art, Curatorial Studies, Exhibition Prosthetics, La Box, Gallery 400, Object Oriented Ontology, New Materialism, Speculative Realism, Global Warming, Bioart, Ecology, Anthropocene, Robert Burnier, Xaviera Simmons, Stephen Lapthisophon, Jeremy Bolen, Heidi Norton, Art Orienté objet, Timothy Morton, Graham Harman, Jane Bennett, The Green Lantern Press, Laurie Palmer, Caroline Picard, Joao Florencio, Nettrice Gaskins, Jamila Woods, Sebastian Alvarez, Irina Botea, Marcus Coates, Every house has a door, Assaf Evron, Carrie Gundersdorf, Institute of Critical Zoologists, Jenny Kendler, Devin King, Milan Metthey, Rebecca Mir Grady, Akosua Adoma Owusu, Tessa Siddle
date01/01/2015
published24/03/2015
last modified24/03/2015
statuspublished
share statusprivate
licenseAll rights reserved
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/55614/55626
doihttps://doi.org/10.22501/jar.55614
published inJournal for Artistic Research
portal issue7.


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124448 bees buzzing - sound effect Andrew Yang All rights reserved
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123856 Stephen Lapthisophon, Dusk, Stephen Lapthisophon All rights reserved
123854 Little Grey in Bourges Caroline Picard All rights reserved
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123845 Map for Bolen, 2014 Caroline Picard All rights reserved
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123836 Ghost Nature: Projections Animalières, Installation view, La Box, ENSA, 2014. Caroline Picard All rights reserved
115612 Dusk, Stephen Lapthisophon Stephen Lapthisophon All rights reserved
115609 Stephen_Lapthisophon Bourges Caroline Picard All rights reserved
115607 Stephen Lapthisophon, Taking Care, Installation view, 2014 Gallery 400 All rights reserved
115605 Jeremy bolen, Above/Below ground, 2011 Jeremy Bolen All rights reserved
115602 Jeremy Bolen, Cern, 2013 Jeremy Bolen All rights reserved
115586 Isolated-Fictions_HPAC Hyde Park Art Center All rights reserved
115578 The Taxonomy of Root Vegetables, 2011 Stephen Lapthisophon All rights reserved
115570 Installation View, Rehearsal Devin King and Caroline Picard All rights reserved
115565 Rehearsal of a Grand Opera for One Person-SD Devin King and Caroline Picard All rights reserved
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115490 Rebecca Mir, Timeline of Arctic Exploration Rebecca Mir All rights reserved
115488 North Georgia Gazette, Green Lantern Press, 2009 The Green Lantern Press and Sonnenzimmer All rights reserved
115486 Rehearsal of a Grand Opera for One Person_small Devin King and Caroline Picard All rights reserved
115482 Ghost Nature, Installation view, Gallery 400, 2014 Gallery 400 All rights reserved
115476 Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna Institute of Critical Zoologists All rights reserved
115473 Bolen_siteaplotm1_SL Jeremy Bolen All rights reserved
115467 Small_Rehearsal of a Grand Opera for One Person Devin King and Caroline Picard All rights reserved
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115464 Rehearsal of a Grand Opera for One Person_small Devin King and Caroline Picard All rights reserved
115455 Caroline Picard,Pinball Umwelt, 2013. caroline picard All rights reserved
115454 Divining Transhuman Space, Caroline Picard, 2013. caroline picard All rights reserved
115453 TimeTime_Fukishima caroline picard All rights reserved
115445 TimeTime_Fukishima caroline picard All rights reserved
115437 Einstein on the beach Einstein on the Beach All rights reserved
115413 Screen Shot 2015-01-05 at 5.57.33 PM caroline picard All rights reserved
115338 Life in Print at Macomb IL Caroline Picard All rights reserved
115333 Divining Transhuman Space Caroline Picard All rights reserved
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115323 Pinball Umwelt Caroline Picard All rights reserved
115313 aurelien-mole_2 Palais de Tokoyo All rights reserved
115061 Heidi Norton, The Vitrification of Vegetation, 2014. Heidi Norton All rights reserved
115056 Heidi Norton, The Vetrification of Vegetation 2, 2014 Heidi Norton All rights reserved
115054 Heidi Norton, The Vitrification of Vegatation, 2014 Heidi Norton All rights reserved
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115048 to Threptikon, Installation view, Monique Meloche Gallery, 2014. Heidi Norton All rights reserved
115043 Heidi Norton, The Museum Archive, 2014, detail Heidi Norton All rights reserved
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114671 Ghost Nature, Installation view, Gallery 400. 2014 Gallery 400 All rights reserved
114670 Ghost Nature, Installation view, Gallery 400 at University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, 2014. Gallery 400 All rights reserved
114662 Heidi Norton, Dead Palm Burnt by the Sun, Archival Pigment Print, 30 x35", 2011. Heidi Norton All rights reserved
83682 Every house has a door, "Testimonium (quiet form)", still from a performance, Bourges, France, 2014. Photo by Daviel Shy Every house has a door All rights reserved
83680 View of Angelika Markul's solo show, "Earth Departure" in the season "The State of heaven" (02/14/14 to 05/12/14). Angelika Markul, Bambi Chernobyl, 2013-2014. Courtesy Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris and Galeria Leto, Varsaw. Photo: Aurélien Mole. Palais de Tokyo All rights reserved
83678 Testimonium (Quiet Form), Every house has a door, Performance still, Bourges, France, 2014. Every house has a door All rights reserved
83670 Sextuor Image Jeremy Bloom All rights reserved
83668 "Sextuor: L'origine des especes," random segments from 2012 performance, hosted by Joria Productions, February 2nd-4th, 2012. Jeremy Bloom and Nick DeMaison All rights reserved
83661 "Que Le Cheval Vie En Moi!"prosthetic legs from performance, 2011. Art Orienté objet All rights reserved
83656 "KwakuAnanse" Akosua Adoma Owusu, video still, 2013 Akosua Adoma Owusu All rights reserved
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83645 "Moving Grass," 8mm film loop by Nick Butcher, Sonnenzimmer. Sonnenzimmer, 2014 All rights reserved
83642 Katie Paterson, "History_of_Darkness", ongoing. Katie Paterson All rights reserved
66596 Every house has a door, "Testimonium (quiet form)", 2014. Every house has a door All rights reserved
66595 Ghost Nature, 2014. Installation View, Gallery 400. Gallery 400 All rights reserved
66580 Ghost Nature: Projections Animalières, 2014. Installation view, La Box, Bourges, France. La Box All rights reserved
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66560 Euclid, Book 1, Proposition 1 public domain All rights reserved
66549 Institute of Critical Zoologists, "Bee Trap No.1," 2013. 1m x 1m Indigo Blue circle painted on wall. Institute of Critical Zoologists All rights reserved
66541 The Albatross Species Marcus Coates/Kate MacGarry Gallery All rights reserved
66525 tumblr_mogl9k1iZK1rwqihpo1_500 Stephen Lapthisophon All rights reserved
66517 Einstein on the Beach, Act III, Scene 3B, Field (Space Machine). Act III, Scene 3B, Field (Space Machine). mariakucinski.com All rights reserved
66514 2-01 Einstein On The Beach, Act II_ Dance 1 2013, Orange Mountain Music All rights reserved
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66485 Katie Patterson, History of Darkness Katie Patterson All rights reserved
59386 Assaf Evron - final Caroline Picard All rights reserved
59385 Stephen Lapthisophon - final Caroline Picard All rights reserved
59384 Jeremy Bolen Final Final Caroline Picard All rights reserved
59382 Jeremy Bolen — final Caroline Picard All rights reserved
59381 Heidi Norton Final Caroline Picard All rights reserved
59376 Introduction — final Caroline Picard All rights reserved
59374 introduction caroline picard All rights reserved
58685 "Testimonium," Every house has a door, performance still, 2013. Every house has a door All rights reserved
58683 Earth, Sebastian Alvarez Sebastian Alvarez All rights reserved
58681 "Testimonium," Every house has a door, performance still, 2013. Every house has a door All rights reserved
58678 "The Need For Understanding," Sebastian Alvarez, Installation for the Demise of a South Side Community Art Center, 2010 Sebastian Alvarez All rights reserved
58675 OWUSU_Akosua_2013_Kwaku-Ananse_01 Akosua Owusu All rights reserved
58672 "Index Four, Composition Two," Xaviera Simmons, Color photograph, 50 x 40 inches, Edition of 3, 2013. Xaviera Simmons All rights reserved
58652 Agnes Meyer-Brandis text caroline picard All rights reserved
58650 Institute of Critical Zoologists text caroline picard All rights reserved
58645 Marcus Coates text caroline picard All rights reserved
58638 Rebecca MIr text caroline picard All rights reserved
58629 Devin King Text caroline picard All rights reserved
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58527 Conclusion caroline picard All rights reserved
58524 Every house has a door caroline picard All rights reserved
58521 Sebastian caroline picard All rights reserved
58517 Akosiua caroline picard All rights reserved
58514 Tessa Siddle caroline picard All rights reserved
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58476 Duck Human Mask_sm Milan Metthey All rights reserved
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58462 Art Orienté objet, Que le cheval vive en moi, 2011. Photo: Miha Fras Art Orienté objet All rights reserved
58460 Art Orienté objet, "Que le cheval vive en moi," 2011. Photo: Miha Fras Art Orienté objet All rights reserved
58457 "Species Traitor," Jenny Kendler, 2013 Pearly nautilus shell, synthetic hair, glue 21" x 6" x 3" Jenny Kendler All rights reserved
58455 "Camouflage V (Ultra-deflector for Bird of Paradise)," Jenny Kendler, 2013 Vintage porcelain bird, styrofoam, glue, paperclay, acrylic, gold leaf Jenny Kendler All rights reserved
58449 "Moon Geese Analogue," Agnes Meyer-Brandis, 2008 Agnes Meyer-Brandis All rights reserved
58446 "Self Portrait as a Red Fox," Marcus Coates, pigment print, 90 x 90 cm, commissioned by Grizdale Arts, 1999 Marcus Coates All rights reserved
58443 "Eskimo wolf trap often quoted in sermons" Insitute of Critical Zoologists (Robert Zhao Renhui), Dimensions variable Installation of diasec, eskimo knife, polyurethane, 200 kg of sodium bicarbonate, 2013 Robert Zhao Renhui All rights reserved
58441 "The Last Thing You See," Institute of Critical Zoologists (Robert Zhao Renhui)m Installation view, 2902 Gallery, 2013. Robert Zhao Renhui All rights reserved
58438 "Platonic Spirit: Grey Running Wolf," Marcus Coates, MDF, 204 x 98 x 33 cm, 2012 Marcus Coates All rights reserved
58429 title: "Sextuor: L'Origine des espèces," Music by Georges Aperghis, Text by François Régnault and Georges Aperghis, Translation by Cozette Griffen-Kremer, , Joria Productions, NY, 2012 Joria Productions All rights reserved
58426 "Sextuor: L'Origine des espèces," Music by Georges Aperghis, Text by François Régnault and Georges Aperghis, Translation by Cozette Griffen-Kremer, , Joria Productions, NY, 2012 Joria Productions All rights reserved
58422 "Sextuor: L'Origine des espèces," Music by Georges Aperghis, Text by François Régnault and Georges , Joria Productions, NY, 2012 Joria Productions All rights reserved
58414 "The Moon, s/t, ltd ed & The Moon, We Want (The Moon)," Devin King, Test proof, print on paper, 2010. Devin King All rights reserved
58409 Moon_by_Johannes_hevelius_1645 Public Domain All rights reserved
58407 Devin King, "The Moon, s/t, ltd ed & The Moon, We Want (The Moon)", ltd ed Mixed media installation, 2010. Devin King All rights reserved
55995 Stephen Lapthisophon caroline picard All rights reserved
55740 "Six Years Later", Stephen Lapthisophon, 2006; Unit B Gallery San Antonio TX. Stephen Lapthisophon All rights reserved
55737 "Six Years Later," Stephen Lapthisophon, 2006; Unit B Gallery San Antonio TX. Stephen Lapthisophon All rights reserved
55686 "Long Distance Relationship with the Ocean", Rebecca Mir, detail. Rebecca Mir Grady All rights reserved
55684 "Love Letter to the Ocean", Rebecca Mir, detail. Rebecca Mir Grady All rights reserved
55682 "Long Distance Relationship with the Ocean", Rebecca Mir, love letters to the ocean, photographs and two rocks. Installation at Columbia College Center for Book and Paper Arts. Rebecca Mir Grady All rights reserved
55680 "Low Wave," Rebecca Mir, digital photographic print Rebecca Mir Grady All rights reserved
55675 "Four Section of Saturn's Rings", Carrie Gundersdorf, 2013, colored pencil and watercolor/paper. 46 x 60 in. Carrie Gundersdorf All rights reserved
55673 "Foray", Robert Burnier, 2013, Aluminum, archival polyethelene foam, primer, lacquer, 9 1/2 x 21 x 19 in. Robert Burnier All rights reserved
55670 "Fourteen", Robert Burnier, 2013, Primer on aluminum, 18 x 21 in. Robert Burnier All rights reserved
55667 "untitled (generic CMYK)", Assaf Evron, 2013, mdf epoxy, 15/22/18inch Assaf Evron All rights reserved
55665 "untitled (sRGB 1996)", Assaf Evron, 2012, mdf epoxy, 32/25/18inch Assaf Evron All rights reserved
55661 Assaf Evron Caroline Picard All rights reserved
55659 "350 feet above the Large Hadron Collider (matter/anti-matter) #2", Jeremy Bolen, 2012, archival pigment prints, neodymium magnets 14.5 in x 18 in Jeremy Bolen All rights reserved
55657 Jeremy Bolen caroline picard All rights reserved
55655 "Dead Palm Burnt by the Sun," Heidi Norton, Archival Pigment Print, 30x35 in, 2011 Heidi Norton All rights reserved
55653 "The Radicant,"Heidi Norton, wax and mixed media, 18x12x4 in, 2011 Heidi Norton All rights reserved
55645 Heidi Norton Caroline Picard All rights reserved
55642 Irina Botea Caroline Picard All rights reserved
55641 "Picturesque," Irina Botea, Video Still, 2o13. Irina Botea All rights reserved
55637 "Picturesque" video still, Irina Botea, 2013. Irina Botea All rights reserved
55632 le fantôme de la nature 2 caroline picard All rights reserved
55631 Le fantôme de la nature Caroline Picard All rights reserved
55630 Le fantôme de la nature caroline picard All rights reserved
55619 "PsychoBBQ," Caroline Picard, gouache on paper, 15x17", 2011 caroline picard All rights reserved
55617 1. Beginnings caroline picard All rights reserved

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