Curating in a Time of Ecological Crisis

Biennales as Agents of Change

Felicity Fenner

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Routledge
25 September 2023

Art Treatments & Subjects; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; Museums & museology; Global warming

Curating in a Time of Ecological Crisis reaffirms the relevance and impactful role of art, revealing how contemporary art exhibitions can capture the zeitgeist and advance new and collaborative approaches to a more sustainable inhabitation of Earth.

The book is largely focused on biennales, which it argues are the contemporary exhibition models with the greatest capacity to offer new perspectives and propose alternative ways of connecting with our social and natural environments. Felicity Fenner demonstrates this by showing how curators of these high-profile exhibitions are responding in creative and engaging ways to the issues that preoccupy artists and society more broadly, of which the ecological crisis is paramount. Drawing on case studies from different parts of the world, the author reveals how biennales can make a constructive contribution to debates and attitudes around climate change, and how the role of the curator has evolved to re-embrace a duty of care not just to art but to the natural world as well.

Curating in a Time of Ecological Crisis investigates how large-scale exhibitions of contemporary international art can become agents of change. As such, the book will be essential reading for scholars, students, and practitioners with an interest in exhibitions, curating, contemporary art, and environmental sustainability.

By: Felicity Fenner
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 172g
ISBN: 9780367672751
ISBN 10: 0367672758
Pages: 122
Publication Date: 25 September 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction; Chapter 1: Exhibiting Nature through the Decades: from Earthworks (1968) to Down to Earth (2020); Chapter 2: Critical Ecosystems: Biennales and new curatorial strategies in response to climate change; Chapter 3: Environment and Empowerment: Biennales as legacy projects; Conclusion; Index.

Felicity Fenner is a curator based at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia, where she leads postgraduate programs in curatorial and biennale studies. She is Chair of the City of Sydney’s Public Art Advisory Panel and for over two decades has curated many exhibitions of international contemporary art, including for Australia at the Venice Biennale and for the Perth Festival. Her current research into the placemaking function of public art expands on the findings of her last book Running the City: Why Public Art Matters (2017).