Anatomy Lessons: Michele Beevors as Eco-Political Agent

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_18286
dc.title	Anatomy Lessons: Michele Beevors as Eco-Political Agent
dc.contributor.author	Schmidt Leoni
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/the-venice-journal-of-environmental-humanities/2024/1/anatomy-lessons-michele-beevors-as-eco-political-a/
dc.description.abstract	This article responds to the large scale sculptural work by eco-political artist Michele Beevors, whose work has recently been extensively exhibited in New Zealand, Australia, and Austria. She brings her audience close to the tragedies of eco-extinction and the brutalities of human interaction with our vulnerable animal co-species. The article considers her work through four frames: 1. Violence: Dissection and Restitution; 2. Death: Specimen and Requiem; 3. Grief: Solastalgia and Entanglement; and 4. Labour: Materiality and Companionship. Through these four frames, the artist’s exploration of human relationships with non-human forms of life is highlighted as based in decolonial, feminist and activist values. The text includes memories and reflections from the author’s life where relevant to the themes presented by the artist.
dc.relation.ispartof	Lagoonscapes
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 4 \| Issue 1 \| June 2024
dc.issued	2024-07-08
dc.dateAccepted	2024-06-10
dc.dateSubmitted	2024-04-22
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2785-2709
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/LGSP/2785-2709/2024/01/009
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Animal Ethics
dc.subject	Care
dc.subject	Eco-political
dc.subject	Extinction
dc.subject	Sculpture
dc.subject	Solastalgia

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Anatomy Lessons: Michele Beevors as Eco-Political Agent

Leoni Schmidt Otago Polytechnic/Te Pūkenga, New Zealand

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abstract

This article responds to the large scale sculptural work by eco-political artist Michele Beevors, whose work has recently been extensively exhibited in New Zealand, Australia, and Austria. She brings her audience close to the tragedies of eco-extinction and the brutalities of human interaction with our vulnerable animal co-species. The article considers her work through four frames: 1. Violence: Dissection and Restitution; 2. Death: Specimen and Requiem; 3. Grief: Solastalgia and Entanglement; and 4. Labour: Materiality and Companionship. Through these four frames, the artist’s exploration of human relationships with non-human forms of life is highlighted as based in decolonial, feminist and activist values. The text includes memories and reflections from the author’s life where relevant to the themes presented by the artist.

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July 8, 2024

Accepted

June 10, 2024

Submitted

April 22, 2024

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Keywords: Solastalgia • Animal Ethics • Care • Eco-political • Sculpture • Extinction

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