The plant contract : art's return to vegetal life /

The plant contract : art's return to vegetal life /

The Plant Contract argues that visual and performance art can help change our perception of the vegetal world, and can return us to nature and thought. Via an investigation into the wasteland, robotany, feminist plants, and nature rights, this phytology-love story investigates how contemporary art i...

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Main Author: Gibson, Prudence.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018.

Series: Critical Plant Studies 3.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2017, ISBN: 9789004328082.

Subjects:

Nature (Aesthetics)
Plants.
Plants (Philosophy)
Philosophy of nature.
Human ecology.
Art > Philosophy.

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Call Number: BH301.N4

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • The Wasteland and the Wilding: The Aesthetic of Abandoned and Reclaimed Green Spaces
  • Green Man: Human-Plant Hybrids
  • Robotany and Aesthetics
  • Bio Rights: Earth of Agonies and Eco-Punks
  • Eco-Feminism: Plants as Becoming-Woman
  • Ungrounding Plant Life: The After-Effects
  • Conclusion: On Rhizomes and Dead Trees.