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Earth Art and techno-ecological romanticism(1996) Earth Art uses the planetary dimension of the earth as an artistic medium and was developed in this century as a corollary to the telecommunications revolution and to the globalization of all spheres of human activity. Stéphan Barron begis by describing the art and philosophy of the Futurists, of Duchamp, Klein, Beuys, Roy Ascott, Fred Forest Concept Art and Land Art as well. He then outlines his own earth art produced between 1986 to 1996, most notably Thaon / New York ("reactivation" by satellite of the New York Cloisters), Orient Express (transmission by modem of images taken between Paris and Budapest), The Plants of My Garden (fax transmission between a microscopic garden and Prag), The Blue of the Sky (telematic averaging of the colour of the sky between the North and the South of France), Night and Day (telematic averaging of the Australian and Brasilian skies), Ozone (telematic audio installation transforming ozone pollution measurement taken in Lille and measurements from the hole in the ozone layer above Adelaide), Eurotunnel (buoys placed on the water's surface mark the course of the Chunnel, are spread by the sea and monitored by satellite), finally the production of a CD ROM. Barron examines these works in relation to technology and ecology and establishes a parallel with the Romantic aesthetic. He defines a techno-ecological romanticism, as a philosophical, artistic and social movement that proposes an anthropological mutation in which the impact of technology on human beings and nature would be conterbalanced by the developpment of a new consciousness, and a modern interpretation of self-awareness. Techno-ecological romanticism is thus seen as the essence of Earth Art. |
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