Arte, empatía y sostenibilidad. Capacidad empática y conciencia ambiental en las prácticas contemporáneas de arte ecológico
[EN] The global ecological crisis in which we are immersed shows the need for a drastic change toward a worldview of sustainability in order to avoid the risk of a civilization’s collapse. In the context of this desirable culturalrevolution, this article investigates the role of aesthetics and art i...
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| Format: | article |
| Publication Date: | 2015 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) |
| Repository: | RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia |
| Language: | Spanish |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/65586 |
| Online Access: | https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/65586 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Art and ecology Empathy Sustainability Environmental awareness Arte y ecología Empatía Sostenibilidad Conciencia ambiental PINTURA |
| Summary: | [EN] The global ecological crisis in which we are immersed shows the need for a drastic change toward a worldview of sustainability in order to avoid the risk of a civilization’s collapse. In the context of this desirable culturalrevolution, this article investigates the role of aesthetics and art in the transition toward an ecological paradigm. Specifically, empathy is studied as a key to overcome strong anthropocentrism, in which the unbalanced relationship between humans and the biosphere is rooted. Starting with a definition of the term and considering Jeremy Rifkin's thesis on the “empathic society”, we attempt to discern the real capacity of certain contemporary artistic practices to act as vectors of empathy with ecological problems, particularly those characterized by concealment and/or invisibility, thus enhancing environmental awareness. By analyzing a selection of art projects related to ecology, we examine the most significant strategies adopted by artists for creating empathy. The relationship with the territory (site -specific), the experiential and multisensory nature of the works, and the active participation of the public through practices of co-creation represent symbolic processes of identification with the biosphere that are essential for building an aesthetic and a cultural paradigm in harmony with the ecosystem. |
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