Prospecting Ocean

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Stefanie Hessler (Curator of TBA21–Academy, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary) Bruno Latour (Director, Médialab of Sciences Po Paris)

Prospecting Ocean

Stefanie Hessler (Curator of TBA21–Academy, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary), Bruno Latour (Director, Médialab of Sciences Po Paris)

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English

MIT Press
17 December 2019

Art & design styles: Postmodernism; Coral reefs

Series: The MIT Press

Investigating the entanglement of industry, politics, culture, and economics at the frontier of ocean excavations through an innovative union of art and science.

The oceans are crucial to the planet's well-being. They help regulate the global carbon cycle, support the resilience of ecosystems, and provide livelihoods for communities. The oceans as guardians of planetary health are threatened by many forces, including growing extractivist practices. Through the innovative lens of artistic research, Prospecting Ocean investigates the entanglement of industry, politics, culture, and economics at the frontier of ocean excavation. The result is a richly illustrated study that unites science and art to examine the ecological, cultural, philosophical, and aesthetic reverberations of this current threat to the oceans. Prospecting Oceans takes as its starting point an exhibition by the photographer and filmmaker Armin Linke, which was commissioned by TBA21-Academy, London, and first shown at the Institute of Marine Science (CNR-ISMAR) in Venice. Linke is concerned with making the invisible visible, and here he unmasks the technologies that enable extractions from the ocean, including future seabed mining for minerals and sampling of genetic data. But the book extends far beyond Linke's research, presenting the latest research from a variety of fields and employing art as the place where disciplines can converge. Integrating the work of artists with scientific, theoretical, and philosophical analysis, Prospecting Ocean demonstrates that visual culture offers new and urgent perspectives on ecological crises.

By: Stefanie Hessler (Curator of TBA21–Academy Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary)
Foreword by: Bruno Latour (Director Médialab of Sciences Po Paris)
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9780262043274
ISBN 10: 0262043270
Series: The MIT Press
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 17 December 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Stefanie Hessler, Director of Kunsthall Trondheim in Norway, is a curator, writer, and editor. She has curated exhibitions by artists including Joan Jonas, Armin Linke, Marjetica Potrč, Christine Sun Kim, and Jenna Sutela. Bruno Latour, a philosopher and anthropologist, is the author of We Have Never Been Modern, An Inquiry into Modes of Existence, Facing Gaia, Down to Earth, and many other books. He coedited (with Peter Weibel) the previous ZKM volumes Making Things Public, ICONOCLASH, and Reset Modernity! (all published by the MIT Press).