Art and Creativity in an Era of Ecocide (Paperback)

Anna Pigott

ISBN 10: 135023723X / ISBN 13: 9781350237230

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London, 2025

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Paperback. What can creativity achieve in an era of ecocide? How are people using creative and artistic practices to engage with (and resist) the destruction of life on earth? What are the relationships between creativity and repair in the face of escalating global environmental crises? Across twelve compelling case studies, this book charts the emergence of diverse forms of artistic practice and brings together accounts of how artists, scholars and activists are creatively responding to environmental destruction.Highlighting alternative approaches to creativity in both conventional art settings and daily life, the book demonstrates the major influence that ecological thought has had on contemporary creative practices. These are often more concerned with subtle processes of feeling, experience and embodiment than they are with charismatic eco-art works. In doing so, this exploratory book develops a conception of creativity as an anti-ecocide endeavour, and provides timely theoretical and practical insights on art in an age of environmental destruction. This book shows how artists and scholars are creatively responding to ecocide to redefine the complex relationship between creativity, ecological crisis and political change across the arts and in society. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Art and Creativity in an Era of Ecocide (Paperback)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 135023723X
• ISBN 13: 9781350237230
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

What can creativity achieve in an era of ecocide? How are people using creative and artistic practices to engage with (and resist) the destruction of life on earth? What are the relationships between creativity and repair in the face of escalating global environmental crises?
Across twelve compelling case studies, this book charts the emergence of diverse forms of artistic practice and brings together accounts of how artists, scholars and activists are creatively responding to environmental destruction.

Highlighting alternative approaches to creativity in both conventional art settings and daily life, the book demonstrates the major influence that ecological thought has had on contemporary creative practices. These are often more concerned with subtle processes of feeling, experience and embodiment than they are with charismatic 'eco-art' works. In doing so, this exploratory book develops a conception of creativity as an anti-ecocide endeavour, and provides timely theoretical and practical insights on art in an age of environmental destruction.

About the Authors

Anna Pigott is Lecturer in Human Geography at Swansea University, UK. Working in the field of Environmental Humanities, she is particularly interested in the impact of art and storytelling on our responses to environmental, social and economic crises.

Owain Jones is Emeritus Professor of Environmental Humanities at Bath Spa University, UK. He has published over eighty scholarly articles and edited four books including Visual Culture in the Northern British Archipelago (2017).

Ben Parry is Reader in Art, Environment and Social Practice at Bath School of Art, Bath Spa University, UK. He is co-editor of Waste Work: The art of Survival in Dharavi (2023) and works as an artist, curator and independent researcher at the intersections of art, activism and urban space.