Anti-Aesthetics of the Wild Mind: Deep Time in a Compromised Wilderness

Ana Sofia Ribeiro; Teresa Almeida

Authors

Ana Sofia Ribeiro Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto
Teresa Almeida https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2033-0459,Universidade do Porto

Keywords:

Art, Artifice, Wild Man, Rewilding, Dewilding

Abstract

This article aims to deconstruct the intricate interaction between humanity and Nature, focusing on contemporary issues related to climate change within the frameworks of rewilding and dewilding. The analysis delves into the symbolic representation of the wild man, examining how Western anthropocentric paradigms promote the myth of progress, prompting critical reflection on the complex historical relationship between art and Nature. In this context, the German territory is used as a case study due to its significant role in shaping Europe’s political, economic, and cultural landscape, as well as the historical parallels that complement the discussions presented in this article. By situating the wild man within the narrative of sixteenth century German mining, the article addresses the ethical dilemma of rewilding as an artifice, incorporating Rob Nixon’s “slow violence” concept to analyze and connect the work to the long-term ramifications that question the notion of wild spaces. This article, thus, encourages a thorough investigation of the paradoxical interactions between human activities and land management. In summary, the article presents a visual narrative through art that calls for a conceptual reflection on artifice, Nature, and self-destruction.

Author Biography

Teresa Almeida, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2033-0459,Universidade do Porto

Teresa Almeida is an artist working mainly with glass living in Lisbon and Porto. She got a PhD in Art Studies at the University of Aveiro with the title “o Vidro como material plástico: transparência, luz cor e expressão”. In 2003, she completed her Master in Glass at the University of Sunderland, England, and in 2001-2002 with a scholarship from Portugal she got two Post-graduation certificates on “Glass and Architecture” and in “Glass and Fine Art” at Central Saint Martin’s College, London, England. In 1996/2001 she completed her BA (HONS) on the Faculty of Fine Art, Oporto University in Fine Art Painting. In 2009, she was invited as a professor at the Faculty of Fine Art, Oporto University where she is at the moment teaching glass and mosaic. Since 2006 is part of the research Unit I&D “Vidro e Cerâmica para as Arte” (VICARTE), in FCT/UNL Campus, a research which enables the cross-disciplinary interaction of art students with science students and also scientist, artists and conservator and since 2011 she is part of the
i2ADS Research Institute in Art, Design and Society, Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto.

Teresa got several awards, in 2013 “ Prémio Femina” (Por mérito nas Artes Plásticas e Visuais and in 2009 the award: “Honourable Mention, Jutta Cuny Franz Memorial Award”, Museum Kunst Palast, Dusseldorf, Germany, in 2010 and 2008 an Honorable Mention at Biennial of Artes Plásticas Marinha Grande; and in 2001 several awards: “Arte Contemporânea Municipal de Vila Verde” in the Biennial of Vila Verde, annual competition of draw in Chapin Azul, Porto and Aurélia de Sousa, Câmara Municipal do Porto.

She has participated in several international exhibitions: Holland, Luxemburg, Belgium, USA, U.K, Hong Kong, Denmark, Ukraine, Brazil, Portugal, and also lecture in international conferences, in some she was invited, others was part of the organisation and in others part of the technical program committee. Teresa Almeida had scholarship from Pilchuck Glass School, E.U.A., The Studio of Corning Museum of Glass and Fundação Luso – Americana to go to America to study glass and also got two grants from the Portuguese National Science Found to do the PhD and the Pos doctoral research. Her work was been publish in international journals and is display in public and private places. She did several workshop, such as, (2008) “Dip & Stitch: Hot Casting to Beading”, Pilchuck Glass School, Washington, USA with David Chatt e Cathy Chase; (2007) “From page to pedestal”, kiln casting (paté de verre), Pilchuck Glass School, Washington, USA (tutors: Deborah Horrell); (2006) Mold Blow and Glow (Néon), Corning Museum of Glass, New York, USA. (tutors: Ed Biggar & David Svenson); “The Honeycomb Mold”, Corning Museum of Glass, New York, USA. (tutor: Helen Stokes); (2004) Laminated Glass Sculpture, Fundación Centro Nacional del Vidrio, San Ildefonso, Segovia, Spain (Tutor: Zoltan Bohus); Architecture and light, North Lands Creative Glass, Lybster, Scotland (Tutors: Václav Cigler, Zora Palová , Stepán Pala).

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