Landscapes of the Anthropocene
Humans make Nature

Landscapes of the Anthropocene: Humans make Nature is a series of lectures with a Round Table by the department Landschaftskunst. Landscape and Public Space. The program of study, led since October 2014 by Paul Petritsch (Six&Petritsch), aims to think anew the theme of landscape in visual art, in particular by making connections to other disciplines. In this process of reorientation, experts are invited on a regular basis to the department’s Round Table, with the aim of updating the historical concept of landscape within contemporary discourse. Taking their own fields of work as a starting point, invited participants address a chosen thematic focus, stimulating a discussion which guides and accompanies the semester’s work. To begin this reflection, we have taken a thesis which demands a new definition of the relation between humans and nature, as well as a fundamental revision of our concepts.

Program

Tuesday 12.05.15

16:00
Introduction
Gabriele Mackert

16:30-17:30
Black Paradises of the Anthropocene. A Critique of Calculability
Gloria Meynen

18:00-19:00
Touched Nature
Christian Schwägerl

Wednesday 13.05.15

16:00-17:00
The Archaeosphere: Beyond the Surface of Anthropocene Landscapes
Matt Edgeworth

17:30-18:30
Queer Ecologies, Unintentional Aesthetics and Other Conundrums of the Plastic Age
Heather Davis

19:00-20:30
Round Table:
Heather Davis, Matt Edgeworth, Gabriele Mackert, Gloria Meynen, Christian Schwägerl

University of Applied Arts Vienna
Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz 2
Staircase 2 / 1st Floor
1010 Vienna

Lectures in English
More Information see http://www.landschaftskunst.at