Diana Thater at the ICA Watershed
Delphine (1999), her sprawling installation that shows humans interacting with dolphins as a springboard to explore the fragility of the natural world ...to spit out disagreeable or amorous ideas like a luminous waterfall, or coddle them—with the extreme satisfaction that it doesn't matter in the least... The Postmodern Animal, Steve Baker
How animal imagery has been used in contemporary art and philosophy to shape ideas about identity and creativity Reassessment of the role of animals in human thought The postmodern animal aesthetic The animal's place in postmodern art and in poststructuralist theory The role of animals in philosophical thought Postmodernism's perplexing fear of pets Agnes Denes
Ecology, the fear of present decay, the hope for future survival, the workings of the brain, the complexities of language, the possibilities of post-Anthropocene habitation |
This journal documents my research relating to the animal in digital media since the 1970’s, which marks the birth of the environmental movement and the start of the digital age.
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