Research Catalog

Title

Yes naturally : how art saves the world / concept and development, Ine Gevers ; translation from Dutch, Pierre Bouvier, Jacqueline Schoonheim ; text editing, Mehgan Bakhuizen, D'Lane Camp.

Publication

• Amsterdam : Niet Normaal Foundation ; Rotterdam : Nai010 Publishers, [2013]
• New York, NY : Available in North, South and Central America through Artbook/D.A.P., [2013]
• ©2013

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Details

Additional Authors

• Gevers, Ine
• Haags Gemeentemuseum, host institution.
• Niet Normaal Foundation, sponsoring body, publisher.

Description

239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps; 28 cm

Summary

Yes Naturally' is a large-scale, inspirational extended exhibition in and around the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague, in which artists invite us to let go of preconceived ideas about nature, culture and technology. The richly illustrated publication presents works by more than 80 artists, including Francis Al, Jimmie Durham, Olafur Eliasson, Damien Hirst, Zeger Reyers, Superflex and Ai Wei Wei. This book is about relationships - existing relationships as well as new forms of cooperation - and sets inclusion and reciprocity as necessary conditions for a better world. In the process Yes Naturally gives not just a signal but also a model to follow. Artists make us look differently at ourselves, our society and our relationship with the Earth. When the central position of human beings is put in perspective, non-human players enter the picture, like animals, plants and bacteria. Nature and culture reinforce each other.

Alternative Title

How art saves the world

Subjects

• Ecology in art > Exhibitions
• Art > Social aspects > Exhibitions
• Ecology > Philosophy
• Environment (Art) > Netherlands > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs.
• Utställningskataloger.

Note

• "This book was published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Yes Naturally - How Art Saves the World', an expanded exhibition inside and outside the museum walls, produced by Niet Normaal Foundation in collaboration with the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague (16 March -- 1 September 2013"--Page 238.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Yes naturally : how art saves the world / Ine Gevers -- Ecology in the shadow of Oedipus / Timothy Morton -- Thinking otherwise : cosmopolitanism, indigeneity and the commons / Jean Fisher -- The ecozoic city / John Thackara -- Reinventing Eden / Laura Stamps -- Cultured nature / Ellen ter Gast -- Anthropocentrism / Clemens Driessen -- From eco-apartheid to earth democracy / Vanadan Shiva -- Ecoliteracy in between politics, philosophy and art : the shared interests of Rotterdam skillcity / Henk Oosterling -- Staying with the trouble : interview by Rick Dolphijn / Donna Haraway -- Welcome to the world / Paul Kokke -- Justice for all / Dennis Kerckhoffs -- Synthetic nature : a nanotechnological future / Luciana Parisi -- Mediating species companionship : on wildlife webcams / Ike Kamphof -- The art of inquiry : reflections of an anthropologist / Tim Ingold -- Talking objects / Laura Mudde -- Microspheres / Tamar Stelling -- Co-evolution and partnership / Miriam van Rijsingen.

ISBN

• 9789462080638
• 9462080631

OCLC

• ocn853606243
• 853606243
• SCSB-1680768

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library