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ECOPHILIA EXHIBITIONS \/ Meta.Morf 2022<\/b><\/h3>\n

Curator Zane Cerpina, 2022<\/p>\n

Ecophilia?<\/strong> Think of Ecophilia as our deep desire to connect with nature. But what is nature really? Except for some made up ecological dreamscapes?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ecology comes from Greek <\/span>Oikos<\/span><\/i>, meaning home. Today every aspect of our home is altered by new technologies, man-induced environmental disasters, biotechnological wonders, and blurred borders between the made and the natural. Has our home become alien to us in this age of global ecological transformations? How is ecophilia manifested in the Anthropocene?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Ecophilia exhibitions of Meta.Morf 2022 present artists who critically question what it means to be a real ecophile \u2013a true lover of nature\u2013 today. And how to become better at it?<\/span><\/p>\n

Ecophilia exhibitions take place at three galleries in Trondheim: i) K-U-K \u2013 Kj\u00f8pmannsgata Ung Kunst, ii) Tr\u00f8ndelag Center for Contemporary Art, and iii) TEKS.studio. These exhibitions investigate strange concepts of nature and all wonderful manifestations of our love for it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SPEAKING NATURE<\/b><\/p>\n

In our search to become better ecophiles, we are desperate to upgrade our communication with nature. Will we ever succeed in truly understanding its language? In the installation <\/span>Birdsong<\/i><\/b>, Leena Saarinen brings together languages of people and birds by visualizing bird whistle tones through spectrograms. This allows the viewer to read bird songs just like we read words.<\/span><\/p>\n

And what about understanding plants, who communicate with each other in ways invisible and inaudible to humans? Mar\u00eda Castellanos and Alberto Valverde\u2019s video installation <\/span>Beyond Human Perception<\/i><\/b> compares human and plant response to live music, demonstrating how technology can bring us closer to cross-species conversations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Then again, humans seem to forget that they are part of nature too. How to love nature within us? In Annike Flo\u2019s work <\/span>States of Chimera<\/i><\/b>, agar growth medium is contaminated with her own microorganisms to create a living sculpture. This is a manifestation for erotic and queer love for the human body.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

BECOMING NATURE<\/b><\/p>\n

Extreme measures can be taken to satisfy our desire for ultimate <\/span>naturalness.<\/span><\/i> Yang Zhichao merges symbiotically with nature in the performance <\/span>Planting Grass<\/i><\/b> where a surgeon inserts two pieces of grass into the artist’s shoulder. What does the inevitable and painful bodily rejection of the plant roots tell us about our physical bonds with nature?<\/span><\/p>\n

If our bodies refuse to incorporate more nature within us, can we immerse ourselves in nature instead? In the durational artwork <\/span>Be-coming Tree<\/i><\/b>, Jatun Risba lays naked in the forest throughout seasons as if she is one with the mycelium network of trees.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What would happen if we traded our comfort with the living conditions of animals? With the help of prosthetics, Thomas Thwaites takes on the seemingly careless life of a goat in his work <\/span>Goatman (A holiday from being human)<\/i><\/b>. Roaming together with his newfound four-legged companions, Twaites contemplates stripping away the role of humans in the hierarchy of nature.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

BECOMING ECOPHILE<\/b><\/p>\n

Can thinking from the perspective of non-humans make us better ecophiles? What if a true form of ecophilia requires us to give back to nature more than we have taken? <\/span>To Flavour Our Tears: eyePhones v. 3.0 <\/i><\/b>by The Center for Genomic Gastronomy allows the audience to explore their role as a sustainable food source to other species. Why not flavour our bodies to taste better?<\/span><\/p>\n

How far are we willing to modify our bodies to benefit non-humans? In the work <\/span>I Wanna Deliver a Dolphin\u2026<\/i><\/b>,<\/span> Ai Hasegawa speculates on becoming a surrogate mother to pass on the genes of endangered species. Can nature finally seek refuge in our man-made <\/span>Oikos?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Should ecophiles provide services to nature? <\/span>Hibernaculum (Moth-) <\/i><\/b>by Marius Presterud is an ecovention inviting insects back to cities. Making sculptures from materials found in urban environments he creates refuge for moths.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are many ways an ecophile can cater for non-human needs. In the work <\/span>Manure From Money<\/i><\/b>, Marius Presterud utilizes coins to extract vital micronutrients such as iron, copper and zinc that are vital for plants.<\/span><\/p>\n

And what about those who refuse to accept and embrace their role in nature as a giver and a lover? How to make sure that we all care? In her installation <\/span>Aquadisia<\/i><\/b>,<\/span><\/i> Stephanie Rothenberg proposes to utilize genetic engineering and the mythical powers of the oysters to create a serum turning humans into more compassionate beings.<\/span><\/p>\n

ANTHROPOCENE NATURE\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

The real challenge to sustain ourselves without nature is poorly understood. <\/span>The Life Support System<\/i><\/b> by disnovation.org exposes the fundamental importance of the natural ecosystems by creating an artificial, closed-loop system to cultivate a one square meter of wheat. Another 99 such high-cost units are necessary to sustain a human for one year.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the Anthropocene, nature is increasingly marked by environmental changes and the extinction of species. How to cope with the disappearance of nature? In the video installation<\/span> Goth Beekeeping<\/i><\/b> Marius Presterud begets a ritual burning to confront the loss of natural habitat due to ever expanding human-built environments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Can <\/span>paradise lost<\/span><\/i> be immortalized through digital technologies? In his work <\/span>Re-Animated<\/i><\/b>,<\/span> Jakob Kudsk Steensen creates a vast virtual landscape to show the disappearance of the Kaua\u2019i \u02bb\u014d\u02bb\u014d bird from the islands of Hawai\u2019i. Do we really care about the lost nature? Or are we simply drawn to the spectacle of ecological disasters?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In his installation <\/span>No Man\u2019s Land <\/i><\/b>Frank Ekeberg uses sound to illustrate the disappearance of rainforest in the west coast of Norway. Transitions from rich and natural to digitally created soundscapes lead the audience into speculations about the future. Can our lost nature be replaced by artificial life?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Or are we drifting through fictional worlds to escape the reality of the Anthropocene? Annie H\u00e4gg\u2019s video installation <\/span>PsXCare<\/i><\/b> uses the aesthetics of a video game to address the unsustainable consumption of natural resources in order to maintain our beautiful virtual landscapes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And how do these blurred lines between the made and natural affect our philias towards nature? <\/span>A Bestiary of the Anthropocene<\/i><\/b> by disnovation.org helps to navigate the new hybrid beings that coexist with us in this post-natural era. Can we ever truly love the emergent species of the Anthropocene?<\/span><\/p>\n

Nature is always in constant change. What if we would lose our man-made nature too? Maren Dagny Juell\u2019s video installation <\/span>The Party<\/i><\/b> looks back at our obsession with plastic from a future perspective. Will today’s plastic products once become rare and fetishistic objects in a post-plastic world?<\/span><\/p>\n

Now it is time to dive into ecophilia.
\n<\/span>Unleash your inner ecophile.
\n<\/span>Go find your love. Your true nature.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ECOPHILIA-utstillingene \/ Meta.Morf 2022<\/b><\/h3>\n

Kurator Zane Cerpina, 2022<\/p>\n

\u00d8kofili?<\/strong> Tenk p\u00e5 \u00f8kofili som v\u00e5r dype trang til \u00e5 knytte oss til naturen. Men hva er egentlig natur? Bortsett fra noen oppdiktede \u00f8kologiske dr\u00f8mmelandskap?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00d8kologi kommer fra det greske <\/span>Oikos<\/span><\/i>, som betyr hjem. I dag er ethvert aspekt av hjemmet v\u00e5rt endret av ny teknologi, menneskeskapte milj\u00f8katastrofer, bioteknologiske underverker og uklare skillelinjer mellom det tilvirkede og det naturlige. Har hjemmet v\u00e5rt blitt fremmed for oss i denne tiden med globale \u00f8kologiske transformasjoner? Hvordan manifesterer \u00f8kofili seg i antropocen?<\/span><\/p>\n

I <\/span>Ecophilia<\/span><\/i>-utstillingene p\u00e5 Meta.Morf 2022 presenteres kunstnere som stiller kritiske sp\u00f8rsm\u00e5l ved hva det vil si \u00e5 v\u00e6re en ekte \u00f8kofil \u2013 en sann elsker av naturen \u2013 i dag. Og hvordan bli bedre til det?<\/span><\/p>\n

Ecophilia<\/span><\/i>-utstillingene finner sted p\u00e5 tre gallerier i Trondheim: i) K-U-K \u2013 Kj\u00f8pmannsgata Ung Kunst, ii) Tr\u00f8ndelag senter for samtidskunst og iii) TEKS.studio. Disse utstillingene utforsker merkverdige naturbegreper og fantastiske manifestasjoner av v\u00e5r kj\u00e6rlighet til den.<\/span><\/p>\n

SNAKKE NATUR<\/b><\/p>\n

I v\u00e5r s\u00f8ken etter \u00e5 bli bedre \u00f8kofile er vi desperate etter \u00e5 oppgradere v\u00e5r kommunikasjon med naturen. Vil vi noen gang lykkes med virkelig \u00e5 forst\u00e5 spr\u00e5ket? I installasjonen <\/span>Birdsong<\/i><\/b> f\u00f8rer Leena Saarinen spr\u00e5ket til mennesker og fugler sammen ved \u00e5 visualisere fuglekvitter gjennom spektrogrammer. P\u00e5 denne m\u00e5ten kan seeren lese fuglesanger akkurat som vi leser ord.<\/span><\/p>\n

Og hva med \u00e5 forst\u00e5 planter, som kommuniserer med hverandre p\u00e5 m\u00e5ter som er usynlige og uh\u00f8rbare for mennesker? Mar\u00eda Castellanos og Alberto Valverdes videoinstallasjon <\/span>Beyond Human Perception<\/i><\/b> sammenligner menneskers og planters respons p\u00e5 levende musikk og viser hvordan teknologi kan bringe oss n\u00e6rmere \u00e5 f\u00f8re samtaler p\u00e5 tvers av arter.<\/span><\/p>\n

Men igjen ser det ut til at menneskene glemmer at ogs\u00e5 de er en del av naturen. Hvordan elske naturen i oss? I Annike Flos verk <\/span>States of Chimera<\/i><\/b> kontamineres agarvekstmedium med hennes egne mikroorganismer for \u00e5 skape en levende skulptur. Dette er en manifestasjon av erotisk og skeiv kj\u00e6rlighet til menneskekroppen.<\/span><\/p>\n

BLI NATUR<\/b><\/p>\n

Ekstreme tiltak kan iverksettes for \u00e5 tilfredsstille v\u00e5rt \u00f8nske om maksimal naturlighet. Yang Zhichao smelter symbiotisk sammen med naturen i performancen <\/span>Planting Grass <\/i><\/b>hvor en kirurg innsetter to gressbiter i kunstnerens skulder. Hva forteller den uunng\u00e5elige og smertefulle kroppslige avvisningen av planter\u00f8ttene oss om v\u00e5re fysiske b\u00e5nd til naturen?<\/span><\/p>\n

Hvis kroppene v\u00e5re nekter \u00e5 inkorporere mer natur i oss, kan vi fordype oss i naturen i stedet? I det kontinuerlige kunstverket <\/span>Be-coming Tree<\/i><\/b> ligger Jatun Risba naken i skogen gjennom \u00e5rstidene som om hun er ett med mycelnettverket av tr\u00e6r.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hva ville skje hvis vi byttet v\u00e5r komfort med levek\u00e5rene til dyr? Ved hjelp av proteser inntar Thomas Thwaites det tilsynelatende bekymringsfrie livet til en geit i sitt verk <\/span>Goatman (A holiday from being human)<\/i><\/b>. Thwaites streifer rundt sammen med sine nyvunne firbeinte f\u00f8lgesvenner og funderer over \u00e5 fjerne menneskets rolle i naturens hierarki.<\/span><\/p>\n

BLI \u00d8KOFIL<\/b><\/p>\n

Kan det \u00e5 tenke utfra ikke-menneskers perspektiv gj\u00f8re oss til bedre \u00f8kofile? Hva om en ekte form for \u00f8kofili krever at vi gir tilbake til naturen mer enn vi har tatt? I <\/span>To Flavor Our Tears: eyePhones V. 3.0 <\/i><\/b>lar The Center for Genomic Gastronomy publikum utforske rollen som b\u00e6rekraftig matkilde for andre arter. Hvorfor ikke smaksette kroppen v\u00e5r slik at den smaker bedre?<\/span><\/p>\n

Hvor langt er vi villige til \u00e5 modifisere kroppene v\u00e5re til fordel for ikke-mennesker? I verket <\/span>I Wanna Deliver a Dolphin… <\/i><\/b>spekulerer Ai Hasegawa i \u00e5 bli surrogatmor for \u00e5 videref\u00f8re genene til truede arter. Kan naturen endelig s\u00f8ke tilflukt i v\u00e5rt menneskeskapte <\/span>Oikos<\/span><\/i>?<\/span><\/p>\n

B\u00f8r \u00f8kofile yte tjenester til naturen? <\/span>Hibernaculum (Moth-)<\/i><\/b> av Marius Presterud er en \u00f8kokonvensjon som inviterer insekter tilbake til byene. Ved \u00e5 lage skulpturer av materialer funnet i urbane milj\u00f8er skaper han et tilfluktssted for m\u00f8ll.<\/span><\/p>\n

Det er mange m\u00e5ter en \u00f8kofil kan dekke ikke-menneskelige behov p\u00e5. I verket <\/span>Manure From Money<\/i><\/b> bruker Marius Presterud mynter til \u00e5 utvinne livsviktige mikron\u00e6ringsstoffer som jern, kobber og sink, som er livsviktige for planter.<\/span><\/p>\n

Og hva med de som nekter \u00e5 akseptere og omfavne sin rolle i naturen som giver og elsker? Hvordan s\u00f8rge for at vi alle bryr oss? I sin installasjon <\/span>Aquadisia<\/i><\/b> foresl\u00e5r Stephanie Rothenberg \u00e5 bruke genteknologi og \u00f8stersens mytiske krefter til \u00e5 lage et serum som gj\u00f8r mennesker til mer medf\u00f8lende vesener.<\/span><\/p>\n

ANTROPOCEN NATUR<\/b><\/p>\n

Vi har liten forst\u00e5else av den virkelige utfordringen med \u00e5 opprettholde oss selv uten natur. <\/span>Life Support System <\/i><\/b>av disnovation.org viser den fundamentale betydningen av de naturlige \u00f8kosystemene ved \u00e5 lage et kunstig, lukket system for \u00e5 dyrke \u00e9n kvadratmeter hvete. Ytterligere 99 slike h\u00f8ykostnadsenheter kreves for \u00e5 ern\u00e6re et menneske i ett \u00e5r.<\/span><\/p>\n

I antropocen er naturen i \u00f8kende grad preget av milj\u00f8endringer og utryddelse av arter. Hvordan takle forsvinningen av naturen? I videoinstallasjonen <\/span>Goth Beekeeping<\/i><\/b> frembringer Marius Presterud en rituell brenning for \u00e5 konfrontere tapet av naturlig habitat p\u00e5 grunn av stadig voksende menneskeskapte omgivelser.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kan det tapte paradis foreviges gjennom digitale teknologier? I sitt verk <\/span>Re-Animated <\/i><\/b>skaper Jakob Kudsk Steensen et vidstrakt virtuelt landskap for \u00e5 vise forsvinningen av fuglen <\/span>kauaihonningeter<\/span><\/i> fra Hawaii. Bryr vi oss virkelig om den tapte naturen? Eller er vi rett og slett tiltrukket av skuet av \u00f8kologiske katastrofer?<\/span><\/p>\n

I sin installasjon <\/span>Ingenmannsland<\/i><\/b> bruker Frank Ekeberg lyd for \u00e5 illustrere forsvinningen av regnskog p\u00e5 vestkysten av Norge. Overganger fra rike og naturlige til digitalt skapte lydlandskap leder publikum inn i spekulasjoner om fremtiden. Kan v\u00e5r tapte natur erstattes av kunstig liv?<\/span><\/p>\n

Eller glir vi gjennom fiktive verdener for \u00e5 unnslippe realitetene ved antropocen? Annie H\u00e4ggs videoinstallasjon <\/span>PsXCare <\/i><\/b>bruker estetikken til et videospill for \u00e5 fremvise det ikke b\u00e6rekraftige forbruket av naturressurser for \u00e5 opprettholde v\u00e5re vakre virtuelle landskap.<\/span><\/p>\n

Og hvordan p\u00e5virker disse uskarpe linjene mellom det fremstilte og det naturlige v\u00e5re filier mot naturen? <\/span>A Bestiary of the Anthropocene <\/i><\/b>av disnovation.org hjelper oss \u00e5 navigere blant de nye hybridvesenene som eksisterer sammen med oss i denne post-naturlige epoken. Kan vi noen gang virkelig elske den fremvoksende antropocen-arten?<\/span><\/p>\n

Naturen er alltid i konstant forandring. Hva om vi ogs\u00e5 ville miste v\u00e5r menneskeskapte natur? Maren Dagny Juells videoinstallasjon <\/span>The Party <\/i><\/b>ser tilbake p\u00e5 v\u00e5r besettelse med plast fra et fremtidsperspektiv. Vil dagens plastprodukter en gang bli sjeldne og fetisjistiske objekter i en post-plastisk verden?<\/span><\/p>\n

N\u00e5 er tiden til \u00e5 dykke ned i \u00f8kofili.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Slipp l\u00f8s din indre \u00f8kofil.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Finn kj\u00e6rligheten din. Din sanne natur.<\/span><\/p>\n

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