Opening: Tuesday September 19th 11am
Through artistic production, Signs in the Landscape seeks to prompt reflections on the ongoing changes in the world we inhabit. Our perspective on the natural environment - traditionally identified as landscape in a state of urgency within artistic tropes – is now demanding attention in various ways.
For centuries, it has been acknowledged that human societies have been altering the natural environment through resource extractivism, with profound implications for the planet. In Bruno Latour's words, this "new climate regime” exemplifies “the substantial disconnect between the scope, nature, and scale of the phenomena and the array of emotions, patterns of thinking, and feelings necessary to address such a crisis: it is not only a matter of responding to it, but of affording it more than fleeting attention".
The arts represent one of the many spaces that aim to address issues of reconnection, draw attention to them, and suggest alternatives. We believe that the symbolic has the power to confront us with everyday reality in a novel way and to reveal alternative situations for reflection. Therefore, it is worth considering a possible path that unites various partialities, details from a broader universe, and visible signs that something is occurring. Together, these elements can invite us to rethink the ways in which our lives are intertwined with nature, of which we are a part.
Diana Wechsler
Image: Rochelle Costi
