ANU School of Art Environment Studio Group Discussion

Discussion Provokature: Bridie Lonie

Bridie Lonie (MA Art History and Theory; Emeritus Member of Otago Polytechnic) is currently working on a PhD in Art History at the University of Otago: Closer Relations: Artists, Climate Change and Interdisciplinarity. Bridie Lonie is a visiting scholar, Environment Studio, School of Art, Australian National University.

'There is such a lot of material on climate change. I am interested in it as it offers an opportunity to understand the way art has changed in the community, and changed in the way, perhaps, that it did as a result of Marxism/socialism. I’d like to have a group discussion around a set of provocations such as conceptual art, symptoms of climate change, the phenomenology of climate change, instrumental approaches ... and a recognition of the importance of the mix. Climate change is an emergent phenomenon and artists both make it visible and act within it. The discussion would be framed by a couple of brief positions - ie excerpts from readings - presented in summary as discussion starters’.

Bridie Lonie, excerpt from an email about initiating Environment Studio Group Discussion. 8 May 2015

Group Discussion information
Dr Liz Coats elizabeth.coats@anu.edu.au>

Bridie Lonie’s Art Forum presentation, Fit for Purpose: Artists and Anthropogenic Climate Change, 1.15pm, Thurs 21 May, ANU School of Art Lecture Theatre, also provides background for this discussion.