Арт-еко

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Страници: 376-390
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/BFWU4845

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The starting point for the paper is the Art-Eco Symposium, organised by the Visual Arts Department of the Faculty of Educational Studies and the Arts, Sofia University “St Kliment Ohridski”, and in particular its last edition, held in Kiten in August-September 2023. It was attended by academics from Sofia University, the Academy of Arts “Vl. Strzemiński, Lodz, Magdalena Abakanowicz University, Poznan, Poland, Academy of Arts, Vilnius, Lithuania, etc. The symposium is part of an ongoing focus on ecology, which is expressed not only in the individual work of the participants, but also in exhibitions and international collaborations on the theme, organized by or with the participation of Visual Arts Department’s professors and students since 2021. In the historical context of symposia in nature, where some of the first manifestations of contemporary (unconventional) art took place in Bulgaria (and in most Eastern European countries), I will present the thesis that events like Art-Eco reflect a new engagement with ecology in art institutions. This is an attitude that does not claim to be radical, but is systematic, efficient and honest in terms of possibilities – a trend I call “soft ecology”. “Soft ecology”, as a kind of commentary on the term “soft sciences”, helps us to view ecology as a social science of nature. In the field of art, it allows us to talk about ecology through existing artistic formats, as an element not only of the artistic process and the artwork, but also legitimizing the theme of nature in a institutional and professional environment that is culturally and urban structured.

Ключови думи:

contemporary art, ecology, nature, art institutions, “soft ecology”.

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