Critical Zones: An open laboratory exhibition at HfG

Daniel Irrgang; Hanna Jurisch; Bruno Latour

Title	Critical Zones: An open laboratory exhibition at HfG
Author	Daniel Irrgang Hanna Jurisch Bruno Latour
Description (en)	“Critical Zones”: Developing concepts and approaches for grasping the New Climatic Regime (Bruno Latour), that is the transformations in the relations of humans to their “terrestrial” conditions of existence. – The seminar series of Bruno Latour at HfG analyses these transformations as epistemic breaks and shifts of knowledge by drawing an analogy to the scientific revolution in the 17th century, where, after a crisis of former sound knowledge, new epistemic systems, representations and narrations in art, science, and religion had to be constructed and reintegrated into new dispositifs of knowledge. The project tackles an important aesthetic question, which overpasses simple forms of illustration of knowledge: How central is the imaginary capacity of the arts in constructing representations and narrations that are depictions and “generators” of new knowledge systems and therefore vital means of cultural change? The exhibition at HfG in November will display some preliminary results of the projects developed by the seminar participants. It presents an opportunity to discuss – in a mode of work-in-progress – research questions, aesthetic approaches and epistemic experiments with colleagues and students of HfG and ZKM. Opening: Nov 7, 19:00; duration: Nov 8, 10:00-19:00, Nov 9, 10:00-15:00 HfG, mittlere Lichtbrücke
Type of project / creative work	Ausstellung
Keywords	Sociology of scientific knowledge Anthropozän Ökologie ecology anthropocene
Date	07.11.2018 - 09.11.2018
Contributors	Mira Hirtz Johanna Ziebritzki
Location	Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe
City	Karlsruhe
Country	Deutschland
Participating institution(s)	ZKM \| Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe