{"id":45517,"date":"2010-08-31T10:36:55","date_gmt":"2010-08-31T10:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/formacionsimple.com\/revistasculturales\/archivos\/45517"},"modified":"2010-08-31T10:36:55","modified_gmt":"2010-08-31T10:36:55","slug":"primera-pagina-page-one-arte-crisis-y-ecologia-art-crisis-and-ecology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/formacionsimple.com\/revistasculturales\/primera-pagina-page-one-arte-crisis-y-ecologia-art-crisis-and-ecology\/","title":{"rendered":"Primera p\u00e1gina \/ Page One: Arte, crisis y ecolog\u00eda \/ Art, Crisis, and Ecology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Autor:<\/strong> Alicia Murr\u00eda<\/p>\n<p><strong>Revista:<\/strong> Artecontexto, arte, cultura y nuevos medios (Revista Digital) n\u00ba 27<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>Arte, crisis y ecolog&iacute;a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&iquest;Es capaz el arte de asumir su cuota de responsabilidad respecto a los problemas medioambientales? No es casualidad que hayamos elegido como portada de este n&uacute;mero la obra de Roman Ond&aacute;k. Esta fue la &uacute;nica intervenci&oacute;n art&iacute;stica que en la Bienal de Venecia del pasado a&ntilde;o no gener&oacute; ning&uacute;n tipo de residuos ni caus&oacute; impacto ambiental alguno.<\/p>\n<p>Que las palabras ecolog&iacute;a y sostenibilidad est&eacute;n tan presentes en el vocabulario cotidiano har&iacute;a pensar, en buena l&oacute;gica, que su significado est&aacute; siendo asumido por el conjunto de la sociedad, que impregna no s&oacute;lo nuestras ideas sino tambi&eacute;n nuestros comportamientos, pero nada m&aacute;s alejado de la realidad, y el medio art&iacute;stico -en general- no es una excepci&oacute;n, m&aacute;s bien todo lo contrario. Pero &iquest;por d&oacute;nde empezar? El sistema del arte sigue firmemente asentado en el objeto art&iacute;stico, en la exposici&oacute;n que necesita de importantes inversiones en montajes, iluminaci&oacute;n, panelados, embalajes y transportes de grandes contenedores, en ediciones lujosas de libros, cat&aacute;logos y revistas, etc.; por no hablar de la abundancia de contaminantes que componen la mayor parte de las obras de arte. Es cierto que la crisis est&aacute; imponiendo a muchas instituciones, acostumbradas a manejar grandes sumas de dinero, recortar costes aunque ello, las m&aacute;s de las veces, se traduce en programar menos exposiciones y alargar su duraci&oacute;n y, sobre todo, a pagar menos por el mismo trabajo, en vez de plantearse c&oacute;mo contribuir a una racionalizaci&oacute;n del gasto que tenga presente las consecuencias medioambientales. Viene al caso recordar una exposici&oacute;n que se llev&oacute; a cabo en el Centro Atl&aacute;ntico de Arte Moderno en Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, titulada <em>Weather Report. Cambio clim&aacute;tico y artes visuales<\/em>, el a&ntilde;o 2007, y cuyo comisario fue &Aacute;lvaro Rodr&iacute;guez Fominaya. La muestra no s&oacute;lo abordaba el tema sino que se centr&oacute; en utilizar unos procedimientos ecol&oacute;gicos en su desarrollo; elimin&oacute;, por ejemplo, la mayor parte de los transportes a trav&eacute;s de la producci&oacute;n de las obras en la propia ciudad, prescindi&oacute; de los grandes formatos, algunas de instalaciones reutilizaban la energ&iacute;a que generaban, se trabaj&oacute; con materiales reciclados o se pag&oacute; un canon sobre el CO2 consumido a la empresa Climate Care, dedicada a revertir estos fondos en medidas que compensan la emisi&oacute;n de gases.<\/p>\n<p>Ciertamente este modelo supone un buen ejemplo de ahorro y un camino a tomar en cuenta pero, a todas luces, insuficiente. La cuesti&oacute;n central no es otra que &eacute;sta: mientras se entienda que el desarrollo de los pa&iacute;ses y el bienestar de sus sociedades ha de seguir asentado en el consumo y el derroche de los recursos naturales, mientras no cuestionemos el modelo depredador que rige la econom&iacute;a -por m&aacute;s que adopte la etiqueta \u00abverde\u00bb- muy pocos ser&aacute;n los cambios que se produzcan y s&oacute;lo conseguiremos poner algunos parches. Desde esta perspectiva hemos querido reunir en este dossier, titulado <em>Arte y Ecolog&iacute;a<\/em>, las voces de te&oacute;ricos y artistas, como Maja y Reuben Fowkes, Flavia Vivacqua y el colectivo Fallen Fruit, que analizan opciones que desde el arte, y desde fuera del arte, contribuyan, al menos, a que nos replanteemos nuestros modos de hacer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Art, Crisis, and Ecology<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Is art capable of assuming its share of responsibility with regards to environmental issues? It is not by chance that we have chosen the work of Roman Ond&aacute;k for the cover of this issue. His was the only artistic intervention at last year&#8217;s Venice Biennale which did not generate any kind of waste, as well as not having any environmental impact whatsoever.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that the words ecology and sustainability are used so often in our everyday speech would lead us to believe, reasonably enough, that their meaning is being taken on by society as a whole, that they influence not only our ideas but also our behaviour. But nothing could be further from the truth, and the world of art -in general- is not an exception, but quite the opposite. However, where to begin? The art system is still firmly rooted in the artistic object, in the exhibition model which requires investing in the set-up, lighting, the packing and transport of large containers, luxurious editions of books, catalogues and magazines, etc., not to mention the abundance of pollutants which are found in most artworks. It is true that the financial crisis is forcing many institutions, hitherto accustomed to spending large amounts of money, to cut back on costs, although this mostly takes the form of a reduction in the number of exhibitions planned and an increase in their duration, as well as, above all, paying less for new artworks, instead of thinking about how to contribute to a rationalization of expenditure which takes environmental consequences into account. It is pertinent to recall an exhibition which took place at the Centro Atl&aacute;ntico de Arte Moderno in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, entitled <em>Weather Report. <\/em><em>Cambio clim&aacute;tico y artes visuales<\/em>, in 2007, curated by &Aacute;lvaro Rodr&iacute;guez Fominaya. The show not only examined the issue but also followed a number of environmentally-responsible procedures, for example by eliminating most of the transport by producing the works in the city hosting the exhibition. It also did without largeformat pieces, included installations that re-used some of the energy they generated, availed themselves of recycled materials, and paid a CO2 tax to the company Climate Care, which devotes these funds to implementing measures to offset emissions. This model is undoubtedly a good example of how to reduce financial and environmental costs, and is worth keeping in mind, yet it is clearly not enough. The central issue is none<\/p>\n<p>other than the following: as long as we continue to take for granted that the development of countries and the wellbeing of their societies is founded on consumption and the squandering of natural resources, and until we call into question the predatory spirit that rules our economy -regardless of how popular the \u00abgreen\u00bb label becomes- very few changes will be effected, and all we will do is to paper over a few cracks. This is what has led us to bring together in this issue&#8217;s dossier, entitled <em>Art and Ecology<\/em>, the voices of theoreticians and analysts, such as Maja and Reuben Fowkes, Flavia Vivacqua and the Fallen Fruit collective, who examine a number of alternatives which, from within and without the realm of art, may at least contribute to re-examining our way of working.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Autor: Alicia Murr\u00eda Revista: Artecontexto, arte, cultura y nuevos medios (Revista Digital) n\u00ba 27 Arte, crisis y ecolog&iacute;a &iquest;Es capaz el arte de asumir su cuota de responsabilidad respecto a los problemas medioambientales? No es casualidad que hayamos elegido como portada de este n&uacute;mero la obra de Roman Ond&aacute;k. 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