{"product_id":"to-life-9780520273627","title":"To Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDocuments the burgeoning eco art movement from A to Z. This title presents a panorama of artistic responses to environmental concerns, from Ant Farm's anti-consumer antics in the 1970s to Marina Zurkow's 2007 animation that anticipates the havoc wreaked upon the planet by global warming.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An indispensable addition to fine art libraries, museum collections, and libraries focusing on environmental science and conservation... Highly recommended.\" -- J. Decker, Georgetown College Choice \"I believe this book will become an essential reference work for all those working as, or thinking of becoming, eco artists.\" -- Rob Harle Leonardo \"This book is not only ideal for students but should also be essential reading for educators and curators alike.\" -- Penny Skerrett Green World \"The book is a work of artist profiling and art theory, woven with clear and thoughtful insight. It belongs on the bookshelf of every intelligentsia.\" -- Allison Schulz The California Journal of Women Writers \"To life! is thus offered to inspire more attempts to find ways out of our problems.\" -- Martin Spray Ecologist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnline Auxiliaries for Instructors and Students Acknowledgments Preface  Schematics\/Indexes\/Glossaries Art Genres Art Strategies Eco Issues Eco Approaches  Art: Artistic Infrastructure Introduction Eco Art Is Eco Art Is Not  Eco: Ecolog ical Operatives Introduction Eco Art Themes Eco Art Aesthetics Eco Art Materials  Twentieth-Century Eco Art Pioneers Ant Farm (USA) * Conspicuous Consumption Herbert Bayer (Austria) * Watershed Management and Beautification Joseph Beuys (Germany) * Energy Generation as Social Sculpture Hans Haacke (Germany) * Ecological\/Political\/Cultural Systems Helen and Newton Harrison (USA) * Strategies to Sustain Life Friedensreich Hundertwasser (Austria) * Built Environments as Living Systems Allan Kaprow (USA) * Performing a River Frans Krajcberg (Poland) * Integral Naturalism Mario Merz (Italy) * Template of Life and Dynamism Carolee Schneemann (USA) * Primal Immersions Bonnie Ora Sherk (USA) * Urban Oasis Alan Sonfist (USA) * Preservation of Living Systems Mierle Laderman Ukeles (USA) * Honoring Maintenance  Twenty-First-Century Eco Art Explorers Brandon Ballengee (USA) * Species Reclamation The Beehive Design Collective (USA) * The True Cost of Coal Mel Chin (USA) * Soil Remediation Chu Yun (China) * Planned Obsolescence Critical Art Ensemble (USA) * Contestational Biology Fernando Garcia-Dory (Spain ) * Neo-Pastoralism Bright Ugochukwu Eke (Nigeria) * Acid Rain Check Nicole Fournier (Canada) * Poly Agriculture Amy Franceschini (USA) * Do-It-Yourself Energy Generation Gelitin (Austria) * One with Nature Andy Goldsworthy (UK) * Anthropocentric\/Ecocentric Beauty Andy Gracie (UK) * Bioelectronics Tue Greenfort (Denmark) * Salvation through Conservation Terike Haapoja (Finland) * Cross-Species Affinity HeHe (UK and Germany) * Air Pollutants Natalie Jeremijenko (Australia) * Citizen Ecologists Yun-Fei Ji (China) * Failings of an Engineering Triumph Eduardo Kac (Brazil) * Painting with Life Jae Rhim Lee (South Korea) * Cultivating the Human Body Maya Lin (USA) * The Sixth Extinction Michael Mandiberg (USA) * Tactical Media Campaign Viet Ngo (Vietnam) * Corporate-Scale Eco Art Marjetica Potrc (Slovenia ) * DIY Renewal for Slums and Condos Red Earth (UK) * Deep Time Pedro Reyes (Mexico ) * Pistols into Spades Tomas Saraceno (Argentina) * Sun\/Wind\/Flower Power Simon Starling (UK) * Energy Foibles and Follies Gerda Steiner and Jorg Lenzlinger (Switzerland) * Twin Perils -- Excess and Scarcity Tavares Strachan (Bahamas) * Prepping for Global Warming SUPERFLEX (Denmark) * Toolbox for Social Justice Reverend Billy Talen (USA) * Stop Shopping Gospel Tissue Culture \u0026amp; Art Project (Finland and UK) * Victimless Leather and Meat Lily Yeh (China) * Holistic Healing and Renewal Marina Zurkow (USA) * Turf Wars and Global Warming  The Future Addendum: Personal Survey -- What Do I Believe? Suggestions for Further Research Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864881246551,"sku":"9780520273627","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520273627.jpg?v=1722273257","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/to-life-9780520273627","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}