The Human and Non-human Interconnectedness in Three Chinese Contemporary Artists

Abstract
Today, we live in an era known as the Anthropo cene. The interconnectedness between humans and other living entities and environments is an essential part of the theme of the Anthropocene and a central concern in contemporary culture and art. Through the emphasis of the role of non human agents, new materialism and posthuman ism radically problematize the binaries of sub ject/object, human/nonhuman, cultural/natural, and mind/body, and challenge the superiority of the human. Although both Chinese and Western scholars widely acknowledge that Chinese tradi tional culture and art are deeply based on less anthropocentric modes of thinking, the contem porary Chinese artists’ expression of the inter connectedness between human and non-human in the context of the Anthropocene still deserve more academic attention. This essay is dedicated to revealing how Chinese contemporary artists perceive our complicated interconnectedness and interdependences with other co-beings and entities by examining the engagement of three artists with non-human agents – silkworm, stone, and plants.
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Conferences Conference paper
Published
2021
Subjects
Publication in research information system
Publisher
Bononia university press
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Parent publication ISBN
978-88-6923-650-1
Review status
Non-peer reviewed
Conference
Congress of the International Committee of the History of Arts
Language
English
Is part of publication
Motion : Transformation. 35th Congress of the International Committee of the History of Arts. Florence, 1-6 September 2019, Congress Proceedings
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In CopyrightOpen Access
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