Summary
88 – Landscape
Landscape
Fall 2016
While the classic conception of landscape presumes that nature is stable, permanent and harmonious, and the romantic vision distinguishes nature as a chaotic force; in contrast, current artistic practices seem to explore the reciprocal effects generated by the dynamic interaction between humans and matter. This issue revisits the notion of landscape as an artistic genre in the contemporary artistic context.
Editorial
Feature
The Landscape, a Counternature: An Interview with Anne Cauquelin
Landscape Photography and its Temporal Register
Nature, Time, and the Anthropocene: Julius von Bismarck’s Landscape Painting
Kendra Wallace: The Field of Appearances
It Takes Work to Get the Modern Lawn
Perambulating, Wandering, Fleeing. A Few Notes on Mobile Landscapes
The Jungle of the Esperados
I see nothing but the sun, which makes a dust…Landscape in the Worksof Ludovic Sauvage
The Garden in All its States: Les paradis de Granby
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Reviews
Young Critics
Current Issue
Tourism
Spring Summer 2024
Because it is essential for it to be open to the world, art is particularly affected by concerns related to planetary travel. From a position at the intersection of contemporary art, leisure, ecology, and destination culture, Esse no. 111 observes artists’ and critical thinkers’ strategies for revisiting the very notion of tourism. Although the harmful impacts of the tourism industry are beyond question, the thematic section avoids falling prey to tourismphobia and simply pointing out its failures. Rather, this issue offers a guided tour of situations and places where art and tourism converge.