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In times of environmental crisis, the proliferation of plastics, and the mass extinction of animal and plant species, EXIT #98 proposes an approach that goes beyond the artistic and aesthetic dimensions of a distinctly domestic and widespread phenomenon: the current proliferation of artificial reproductions of the world’s flora, and how this also affects photographic representation, both in terms of scientific botanical photography and the recreation of nature and everyday life in Western societies.
The ontological components of this replacement of the natural with the artificial are clearly defined by philosopher Michael Marder, a leading figure in a new intellectual movement that advocates incorporating the study of how plants communicate with their environment into the broader framework of human philosophy, as a final attempt to prevent our own extinction.
Marder has written an exclusive essay for EXIT in which he analyzes the metabolic problems posed by plastic in comparison with natural materials, and the effects this will have on our societies as long as a broader understanding and deeper knowledge of plants remain unaddressed.
In times of environmental crisis, the proliferation of plastics, and the mass extinction of animal and plant species, EXIT #98 proposes an approach that goes beyond the artistic and aesthetic dimensions of a distinctly domestic and widespread phenomenon: the current proliferation of artificial reproductions of the world’s flora, and how this also affects photographic representation, both in terms of scientific botanical photography and the recreation of nature and everyday life in Western societies.
The ontological components of this replacement of the natural with the artificial are clearly defined by philosopher Michael Marder, a leading figure in a new intellectual movement that advocates incorporating the study of how plants communicate with their environment into the broader framework of human philosophy, as a final attempt to prevent our own extinction.
Marder has written an exclusive essay for EXIT in which he analyzes the metabolic problems posed by plastic in comparison with natural materials, and the effects this will have on our societies as long as a broader understanding and deeper knowledge of plants remain unaddressed.