New Nature

New Nature Vitrines is an exploration of all that lies - unknowably, irreverently, monstrously - beyond the human notion of “nature”. The series assembles audiovisual and sound works by contemporary artists, filmmakers, technologists, and scientists, foregrounding stories and scales that interrogate the inherent anthropocentrism of images, often by riffing on the codes and conventions of nature films, or subverting them altogether.  

New Nature–a series of year-long encounters between artists and climate scientists from around the world–presents, in collaboration with Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI), two programs of short films that confront the human conception of “nature” and explore all that is unnamable, unknowable, and wild.  

Buehler, Hessler and Sutela discuss their respective work at the intersection of science, art, and technology. They raise questions of how to sense the natural world and its intimacies with technology at a time when boundaries between the natural and the artificial, the material and the spiritual, are more fluid than ever.

​Opening Keynote of NEW NATURE  by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson moderated by Ian Mauro.                                                           
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson will read from a selection of traditional stories and expand her thesis of "land as education". The reading will be accompanied by a short film screening, followed by a discussion with Ian Mauro and an extensive round of questions with the audience.

A glimpse into the world of Spanish architect Nerea Calvillo, working at the intersection of architecture, science, technology, and feminist studies. In this candid talk, she converses with longtime friend and sometimes collaborator Nick Shapiro, about the synergies between their respective practices in the realms of air and environmental pollution.

As an adaptation to COVID restrictions, the Goethe-Institut created New Nature Research and Development Grants.  Existing New Nature Participants were invited to submit proposals, in which they outlined collaborative research projects across disciplines and countries. Read on to find out more about the recipients and their works.

Concept & direction: Olivia McGilchrist