{"id":2560,"date":"2019-01-24T20:33:19","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T04:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theiff.org\/current\/?p=2560"},"modified":"2019-01-31T15:21:17","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T23:21:17","slug":"modest-forms-of-biocultural-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theiff.org\/current\/news\/modest-forms-of-biocultural-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"“Modest Forms of Biocultural Hope”"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Fall 2018, the IFF’s the\u00a0Coral Forest – Plastic\u00a0<\/em> sculptures were included in the exhibition\u00a0Modest Forms of Biocultural Hope<\/em> at the\u00a0Western Gallery<\/strong>,\u00a0Western Washington University, curated by Hafthor Yngvason.<\/p>\n

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Coral Forest<\/em> sculptures Chthulu <\/i>(black,\u00a0left),\u00a0<\/i>and Nin’Imma <\/i>(white, right)\u00a0at the Western Gallery. Photo courtesy Western Washington University.<\/p><\/div>\n

Beginning with the questions: Can species thrive together? Can we learn from nature to remediate environmental problems? Is hope possible in the Antropocene? this exhibition focuses on creative efforts to address ecological concerns. As curator Hafthor Yngvason writes: “The projects brought together in the show present novel but grounded ways of thinking about ecological problems. Rather than dejection at the enormity of the challenges, they offer concrete and creative efforts. Rather than sweeping geoengineering schemes, they offer modest forms of biocultural hope. What the ecological thinker Donna Haraway has written about one of the projects \u00a0\u2013 the Wertheims’\u00a0Crochet Coral Forest \u2013<\/em>\u00a0is true of them all: ‘[These are] not projects of melancholy and mourning. Theirs are figures of response-ability.'”<\/p>\n

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Coral Forest<\/em> sculptures Chthulu <\/i>(black,\u00a0left),\u00a0Nin’Imma <\/i>(white, center)\u00a0and Ea <\/em>(pink, right)\u00a0at the Western Gallery. \u00a0Photo courtesy Western Washington University. 2018<\/p><\/div>\n

Participating artists:<\/strong> Nicole Dextras, John Feodorov, Deanna Pindell, Margaret and Christine Wertheim. Design S<\/strong>ection, participating artists:<\/strong> Paul Kearsley, BiomeRenewables, Dabiri Lab, and WhalePower.<\/em><\/p>\n

Western Gallery<\/span> –\u00a0exhibition webpage<\/a><\/p>\n

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