Welcome to this artist talk by Park Ji Yun. The talk will be delivered online via ZOOM. You are also welcome to listen offline at Georg Morgenstiernes hus Møterom 452. Light refreshments will be served.
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Abstract
The era of the Anthropocene and climate crisis: Humanity is now facing the consequences of its colonial domination over nature. What if humans could perceive the Earth as an “ecosphere”, the way the more-than-humans view the surrounding environment? Could humans be companions of neighbouring species, rather than colonisers?
(Welcome to) The Planet of Orchids is a culmination of my interdisciplinary research that weaves together multispecies ethnography, conservation ecology and ecocinema. Through this multifaceted approach, this film presents a “plant-centred perspective”, challenging typical human understanding of the more-than-human realm and stimulating profound connections between plants and humans. The film emerges from interdisciplinary fieldwork, investigating and engaging with orchids and their multispecies communities. The “Experimental Botanical Visualisation” is a fieldwork framework developed through this research, combining observation techniques from ethnography and biology with artistic techniques.
About the artist
Park Ji Yun (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist exploring the more-than-human ecosphere. With a focus on critical plant studies and ecofeminism, she experiments with cinematic art, illustration, photography, and craft to deconstruct species hierarchies and rethink multispecies cultures. Ji Yun’s work invites viewers to contemplate their relationship with nature and the complexity of life.
Collaborators
This event is organized by Sarah Chen Huang (ECOART) for the research project Creative Agency and Environmental Humanities at Oslo Center for Environmental Humanities, in collaboration with the research project An Ecological History of Eurasian Art.
Funded by the European Union (ERC, ECOART, 101124354). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
