Practicing Landscape – Field Guide No. 1 – Landscapes of Energy and Extraction: Mining the Animal
Author(s): Michael Mersinis, Elizabeth A. Hodson, Jim Harold, with a Foreword by Nicky Bird and Susan Brind
Editor(s): Susan Brind and Michael Mersinis
Publication type digital or physical: Physical publication
No of pages: 56 pages (image and text)
Publication size (if physical): 12.5×19.5 cm
Date of publication: April 2024
Research network: Reading Landscape
ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-7385275-4-0
Description: The Practicing Landscape Field Guide series has emerged from the online seminar series run by Reading Landscape in 2021-22, under the overarching title, Landscapes of Energy and Extraction. The second seminar in the series, entitled Mining the Animal, involved two presentations, one by Michael Mersinis and the other by Elizabeth A. Hodson, followed by a response to the themes they raised by artist-academic Jim Harold.
Mining the Animal addressed the relation between the non-human animal, landscape and people. Specifically, the contributions explored how the voice of the animal reveals itself, whether through its absence or through artistic intervention. This publication is an expansion of the dialogue that occurred between the three contributors following their seminar.
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