Who Owns the Arctic? ... : Who Owns the Arctic? ...
The ambiguous “conquest” of the North Pole is the core element of Mariele Neudecker’s tankwork Cook and Peary (2013). The artist explores the idea of an untouched icy landscape and its roots in Western heroic narratives. In reference to an aesthetic of the sublime and modern forms of knowledge prese...
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ftdatacite:10.11588/xxi.2022.4.91464 2023-08-27T04:07:12+02:00 Who Owns the Arctic? ... : Who Owns the Arctic? ... Hemkendreis, Anne 2022 https://dx.doi.org/10.11588/xxi.2022.4.91464 https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/xxi/article/view/91464 en eng 21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the Visual https://dx.doi.org/10.11588/xxi.2022.4 https://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/service/openaccess/lizenzen/freier-zugang.html Text article-journal Article ScholarlyArticle 2022 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.11588/xxi.2022.4.9146410.11588/xxi.2022.4 2023-08-07T14:24:23Z The ambiguous “conquest” of the North Pole is the core element of Mariele Neudecker’s tankwork Cook and Peary (2013). The artist explores the idea of an untouched icy landscape and its roots in Western heroic narratives. In reference to an aesthetic of the sublime and modern forms of knowledge presentation, precarious voids in the viewers’ longing for intact nature are questioned. By enabling the viewers to follow the ideological perspective of the polar heroes – while also illustrating their ignorance – Neudecker highlights contemporary threats to the Arctic and questions its accessibility and ownership. In doing so, the artist examines the influence of cultural imaginations of “extreme” environments within historical and current geopolitical contexts. This article traces the visualisation of the Arctic and its sensual aesthetics, starting from the period of polar explorations to current climate change. ... : 21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the Visual, Bd. 3 Nr. 4 (2022): 21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the Visual. Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte und visuellen Kultur ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change North Pole DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Arctic North Pole Peary ENVELOPE(-63.867,-63.867,-65.250,-65.250) |
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The ambiguous “conquest” of the North Pole is the core element of Mariele Neudecker’s tankwork Cook and Peary (2013). The artist explores the idea of an untouched icy landscape and its roots in Western heroic narratives. In reference to an aesthetic of the sublime and modern forms of knowledge presentation, precarious voids in the viewers’ longing for intact nature are questioned. By enabling the viewers to follow the ideological perspective of the polar heroes – while also illustrating their ignorance – Neudecker highlights contemporary threats to the Arctic and questions its accessibility and ownership. In doing so, the artist examines the influence of cultural imaginations of “extreme” environments within historical and current geopolitical contexts. This article traces the visualisation of the Arctic and its sensual aesthetics, starting from the period of polar explorations to current climate change. ... : 21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the Visual, Bd. 3 Nr. 4 (2022): 21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the Visual. Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte und visuellen Kultur ... |
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