SHARP IDEAS #1

NATURES: LANDSCAPES OF HUMAN INTENTIONS

We derive meanings from Natures. But can these meanings be intrinsic to what we might call a “bare nature”? Or are these meanings only ever self-referential to our species defining production of totems, divine revelations, or modern systems of scientific gaze? In other words, does our search for beauty and meaning in nature only reveal an inward gaze—landscapes of human intentions? Or does nature speak to us—and if so, what are its languages?


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Cody Cobb / Preschelle Ann Bigueras / Julia Coddington / Benedetta Falugi / Don Hudson / Jordi Huisman / Phillip Kalantzis Cope / Simon Kossoff / Michael Kowalczyk / Sasha Kurmaz, Anne-Sophie Landou / Markus Lehr / Catherine Lemblé / Anna Longworth / Brad McMurray / Wendy Morgan / Chris Moxey / Lars Nordström / Brian O’Neill / Gerry Orkin / Julie Paterson / Ed Peters / Chris Round / Nayeem Siddiquee / Monica Smaniotto / Valeria Tofanelli / Bart van Damme / Michael Writston / Dmitry Yurchenko