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A symposium exploring the possibilities and difficulties of the diversity of life through critical investigations in art, ecology and action. The ecology of biodiversity is based upon an uncertain definition, incomplete statistics and the need to act in a world without balance. While multiple flora and fauna databases have being established and are being coordinated, and as natural biodiversity diminishes and more technological life forms come into being; there is an urgent need to engage even more proactively with complex ecosystems and human responses. Artists, scientists, humanities scholars and conservationists will come together to talk of the ‘matters of concern’ around the potentials and futures of biodiversity.
Speakers include Bruce Clarke Literature and Science Scholar | Jonathan Majer Insect Biologist | Greg Pryor Artist | Anas Ghadouani Environmental Engineer | Timothy Morton Literature and the Environment Scholar | Nathan McQuoid Landscape Ecologist | Geoff Syme Psychologist | Lesley Instone Human Geographer | Bryndís Snæbjörnsdóttir and Mark Wilson Artists | Oron Catts SymbioticA Director | Hideo Iwasaki Artist/Scientist | Jane Calvert Sociologist | Perdita Phillips Artist | Kath Grey Palaeontologist
Call for contemporary artworks for an online survey: As part of the symposium, artist whose work explores biodiversity are invited to email an image and short text to perdita.phillips@uwa.edu.au by 19 November
Dates: Friday 26 November to Sunday 28 November 2010. See website for times and venue details
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