For Gaia : artistic gestures to alter the power paradigm

Abstract

The world is in debate whether or not we have entered a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene. By investigating the mechanisms that has caused the Anthropocene the reader will be able to align them and my intentions when birthing creations into a world on the verge of havoc. We are in need of changing the Anthropocene into a Sympoietic epoch, the Chthulucene. Symbiotic existence with the ecosystem is paramount in the face of a new world. No longer can we be allowed to utilize systems to assert power over everything that falls within the non-human spectrum. By merging concepts such as, non-linearity, Anthropocene, Chthulucene, Hyperobjects, the money artefact and manufacturing. I will with, Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Donna Haraway, Timothy Morton, Alf Hornborg and Vilém Flusser weave an understanding of where my art practice dwells and my view of the world. If I can transform materials and thoughts into comprehensible narratives that might impact people to change it is my responsibility to do just that, it is even my response-ability. I will be a storyteller in the Anthropocene to help bring on a functional epoch in which we truly co-inhabit the planet with all creatures and critters.