Often, conventional aesthetics about environmental issues still focuses on detached representational objects. This approach continues a nature-culture divide that limits conservation and restoration efforts. In order to overcome this divide and actively engage in ecological restoration, we present the case of the “Healing Garden” (HG). In this project participants are active “gardeners” that heal the biocultural community from negative impacts caused by processes of biocultural homogenization. HG is an eco-art and pedagogical project at Sichuan Fine Art Institute responding to the ecological crises such as climate change and the loss of biocultura diversity. This transdisciplinary project integrates art, science, ecological restoration, eco-pedagogy, activism, community engagement and embraces the notions of system thinking and permaculture. It promotes placed-based, experiential learning and explores a new form of education to reorient nature-human interactions. Instead of making isolated representational art objects, the project uses direct actions to create real social, and ecological changes. To promote a new imagery of reciprocal, cooperative partnerships, we use “gardeners” as a powerful metaphor referring to both human and other-than-human participants and creators for building urban biodiversity, community cohesion, and a network of healthy multispecies relations. The project turns the Anthropocene issues such as biocultural homogenization into artistic opportunities and pedagogical resources, fusing criticality with constructive activism, hope, conviviality, and community empowerment. Toward this aim of holistic “gardening” we conduct a variety of eco-art activities that may inspire new patterns of caring relationships out of the present climatic chaos, and foster holistic healing of the biocultural community.

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Healing Garden: Eco-art Actions at Sichuan Fine Art Institute

  • Lipeng Jin

摘要

Often, conventional aesthetics about environmental issues still focuses on detached representational objects. This approach continues a nature-culture divide that limits conservation and restoration efforts. In order to overcome this divide and actively engage in ecological restoration, we present the case of the “Healing Garden” (HG). In this project participants are active “gardeners” that heal the biocultural community from negative impacts caused by processes of biocultural homogenization. HG is an eco-art and pedagogical project at Sichuan Fine Art Institute responding to the ecological crises such as climate change and the loss of biocultura diversity. This transdisciplinary project integrates art, science, ecological restoration, eco-pedagogy, activism, community engagement and embraces the notions of system thinking and permaculture. It promotes placed-based, experiential learning and explores a new form of education to reorient nature-human interactions. Instead of making isolated representational art objects, the project uses direct actions to create real social, and ecological changes. To promote a new imagery of reciprocal, cooperative partnerships, we use “gardeners” as a powerful metaphor referring to both human and other-than-human participants and creators for building urban biodiversity, community cohesion, and a network of healthy multispecies relations. The project turns the Anthropocene issues such as biocultural homogenization into artistic opportunities and pedagogical resources, fusing criticality with constructive activism, hope, conviviality, and community empowerment. Toward this aim of holistic “gardening” we conduct a variety of eco-art activities that may inspire new patterns of caring relationships out of the present climatic chaos, and foster holistic healing of the biocultural community.