#2
The beginnings of ecological thinking
Green Soul, Anthropocene, cultures, imaginaries
The beginnings of ecological thinking. When and how is green consciousness born?
The second meeting, on Tuesday December 12 at 6.30pm, will define the culture, or rather cultures, of the Anthropocene through this methodological obligation: to qualify and specify its foundations: historical foundations, societal foundations, psychological foundations. When and how is “green consciousness” born? How does ecological thinking emerge? How does it affect our minds and bodies?
The “green conscience”, born of the field of theoretical reflection, is also an embodied conscience, lived intimately, forged in direct contact with reality, from the moment of contact with our domestic interiors and in the immediate landscape, which has become anthropocene. The best of green consciousnesses, the most efficient, the most combative, is less intellectual than organic, less a thing of the mind than carnal, a thing of the flesh.
Paul Ardenne
Paul Ardenne has a degree in History and a doctorate in Arts and Art Sciences. He is a contributor to the journals Art press, Archistorm and INTER-Art actuel, and is the author of several books: Art, l’âge contemporain (1997), L’Art dans son moment politique (2000), L’Image Corps (2001), Un Art contextuel (2002), Art, le présent (2009), Un Art écologique. Création plasticienne et anthropocène (2018), L’Art en joie. Aesthetics of joyful humanity (2023). He is also a novelist and specialist in architecture (Terre Habitée, 2005; La Bonne ville, 2019; Le Boost et le frein – Comment l’humain bâtit au 21e siècle?, 2021…).
As a curator of contemporary art, Paul Ardenne has designed numerous exhibitions, the most recent of which are “Dendromorphies. Creating with trees” (Paris, 2016), “Courants verts. Creating for the environment” (Paris, 2019) and “L’anthropocène et après” (Saint-Denis de la Réunion, 2020). He has produced several programmes on France Culture devoted to art in the age of the Anthropocene (“L’art est l’environnement“, January 2023) and is a regular contributor to the series of programmes The World in Images, on the ARTE television channel.
Fondation Thalie & Galerie Amélie du Chalard, Paris, 2025
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An artistic dialogue re-echanting matter
Thalie Foundation & Múa, Angers, 2025
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