Outdoor School: Contemporary Environmental Art

Morrell, Amish; Borsato, Diane; MacDonald, Ann and et alii. Outdoor School: Contemporary Environmental Art. Toronto, Ontario: Douglas & McIntyre, 2021.

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Abstract (English)

"For more than a decade, the Outdoor School project has provided a framework for interdisciplinary artists to come together and share projects that reimagine ways of relating with the landscape.

The experiential and community-based art projects described in Outdoor School present an alternative to scientific, commercial and colonial conceptions of land and nature in the face of climate change and mass extinction. These art practices include activities like mushroom foraging, water witching, trespassing, pumpkin-boat sailing, cloud identifying, ravine running, honey extracting, spell conjuring, rabbit hunting, coyote walking and more. The project calls attention to creative, counter-cultural works that are focused on education, community and place, and blur the boundaries between art and life, nature and culture.

Featuring interviews, essays and over 150 photographs, Outdoor School is an important contribution to discussions of contemporary art and ecology, foregrounding work that is marginal and ephemeral by nature." -- Art Metropole's website.

Types:	Anthologies, essays, collections
All Contributors:	Morrell, Amish (Author); Borsato, Diane (Author); Morrell, Amish (Director); Borsato, Diane (Director); MacDonald, Ann (Author); et alii
Dossier:	700 - ART ET ENVIRONNEMENT / ART AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Collation:	178 pages : colour illustrations ; 27 cm
ISBN:	9781771622844
Language of Publication:	English
Publishers:	Toronto, Ontario: Douglas & McIntyre
Artists:	Bartol, Alana; Bell, Jacqueline; Borsato, Diane; Burns, Bill; Caycedo, Carolina; Farooq, Sameer; Fastwürms; Goto, Ayumi; Groat, Maggie; Houle, Karen; Jickling, Hannah; Hill, Gabrielle L'Hirondelle; Mckeough, Rita; Morin, Peter; Njootli, Jeneen Frei; Public Studio (Elle Flanders + Tamira Sawatzky); Reed, Helen; Reyes, Jen Delos; Robertson, Genevieve; Ross, Jamie; Thomas, Aislinn; Vibrant Matter (Dierdre Fraser-Gundrunas); Uhlyarik, Georgiana; White, Jay; Williams-Davidson, Terri-Lynn; Wilson, D'Arcy
Keywords:	ENVIRONMENT; NATURE; SITE SPECIFIC; LANDSCAPE; EMBODIMENT; RELATIONAL ART; ANIMALS; PLANTS
Copyright Statement:	Douglas & McIntyre; The artists and the authors
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Includes biographical notes.
Deposited by:	Collections
Date Deposited:	25 Jun 2021 14:34
Last Modified:	30 Aug 2021 20:02
URI:	http://e-artexte.ca/id/eprint/32778

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