Eco Art: art is life and life is embedded in nature.

Nina Czegledy (University of Toronto, Ontario College of Art and Design University)

Abstract

Nature may be considered as the world of living organism and their environment; in a larger sense the shape of Nature can also be understood to include particular extents of space and time. The visual perspectives of Nature form a particular course that begins with the earliest historical depictions and might be currently expressed by a variety of crossdisciplinary contributions. The diverse perspectives form eclectic threads that today are frequently manifested within the Eco-Activist art movement. Several of the contemporary ecological art projects are grounded in explicit experiences and connections to specific spaces relevant to where the work is created. The local or international ecological labs, experimental urban gardens, projects on the migration of plants and creation of new species included here are all new models contributing to a speculative future culture.

Keywords: Ecological art, activism, sense of space

BIO:

Nina Czegledy: artist, curator, educator, works internationally on collaborative art& science& technology projects. The changing perception of the human body and its environment as well as the paradigm shifts in the arts informs her collaborative
projects. She has exhibited and published widely, won awards for her artwork and has initiated, researched, lead and participated in forums and symposia worldwide. Czegledy lectured internationally and developed and co-organized numerous educational forums and workshops for educational institutes and international symposia such as ISEA, the Media Art Histories conference series and other forums.