ABSTRACT
In the era of the Anthropocene, artists and scientists are facing a new paradigm in their attempts to represent nature. Seven chapters, which focus on art from 1780 to the present that engages with Nordic landscapes, argue that a number of artists in this period work in the intersection between art, science, and media technologies to examine the human impact on these landscapes and question the blurred boundaries between nature and the human. Canadian artists such as Lawren Harris and Geronimo Inutiq are considered alongside artists from Scandinavia and Iceland such as J.C. Dahl, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Toril Johannessen, and Björk.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |11 pages
Introduction: Artistic Visions of the Anthropocene North
part I|43 pages
Interaction between Art and Science
chapter 1|26 pages
Anthropocene Beginnings
part II|37 pages
Changing Narratives of the Anthropocene and the North
chapter 4|18 pages
“We All Have to Live by What We Know”
part III|59 pages
Media and Blurred Boundaries between Nature and the Human