MetaGarden: Technology and Nature in the Works of Tanja Vujinović

Jelena  Guga

doi:10.25038/am.v0i25.450

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Jelena Guga

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https://doi.org/10.25038/am.v0i25.450

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The Anthropocene, sustainability, environmental crisis, Tanja Vujinović, reflexive capital, art and science

Abstract

In recent decades we have witnessed technological and scientific progress and breakthroughs at an unprecedented rate. We, as humankind, have become technologically advanced, globally connected, informed, all of which reflect traditional ideas of the steady progress of civilization. But at the same time, we face many challenges brought about by climate change, air pollution, water shortage, extinction of species, and other natural disasters. Through an overview of the concept of the Anthropocene from the perspective of philosophy and critical theory, I will discuss alternative approaches to addressing the ecological crisis. Although the key actors in these endeavors are usually scientists, governments, and multinational corporations, I will examine the ways arts and culture significantly contribute to the projects of crisis mitigation. Finally, I turn to MetaGarden, a series of works created by media artist Tanja Vujinović, which epitomize the visions of a more sustainable future(s).

Article received: April 21, 2021; Article accepted: June 21, 2021; Published online: September 15, 2021; Original scholarly paper

Author Biography

Jelena Guga

Research Fellow, Digital Society Lab, Institute for Philosophy and social Theory, Belgrade
Serbia

Jelena Guga (1978) is a theorist of art and new media. Her work focuses on new media art practices and the ways info, nano, bio, and cognitive technologies transform art, culture, and society, as well as the ways they affect humans as agents in digitally mediated environments and interactions. Within the framework of art and science, she explores the issue of embodiment, identity, and perception. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Art in Belgrade, Serbia. She was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic, and a visiting researcher at the Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain, working on the Human Cognitive Enhancement project and exploring the problem of body and identity in virtual environments. She participated in many international conferences and authored the book Digital Self: How We Became Binary (2015), as well as a number of articles in international academic publications

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