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by Blackbook Publishing (Editor), Klaus Biesenbach (Foreword by), Manos Antoninis (Foreword by)
A comprehensive look at the relationship between art, nature, and culture. Featuring work by over 100 of the world's most celebrated artist, writers, and thinkers.
A collaboration with UNESCO's GEM Report, Mother Nature in the Bardo explores the impact between art, culture, and the environment. The book illuminates the innate connections between creativity and nature and inspires crucial conversations about humanity's relationship with nature, sustainability and climate change. Bringing together historical and contemporary artworks from over 100 renowned international artists, galleries, institutions, estates and foundations, Mother Nature in the Bardo speaks to the most critical global dialogues of our time.Author Biography
Dr. Marcelo Gleiser: Award-winning astronomer and physicist who has published over 10 renowned books about the environment. Mary Robinson: former president of Ireland and a politician; author of Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience, and the Fight for a Sustainable Future, and founder of Mary Robinson Foundation for Climate Justice. Whitney Mallett: arts writer and curator who has been published in the New York Times, New York Magazine, The Paris Review, Artnet, Interview, Document Journal, etc. She also has her own publication The Whitney Review and a Substack that is very popular. Ursula Goodenough: biologist and author of the New York Times best-selling book, The Sacred Depths of Nature. Natasha Stagg: New York city writer and editor who focuses on art and culture in the digital age. She has been published in Artforum, Spike Art Magazine, and many more. Dr. Glenn Albrecht: environmental philosopher who pioneered the ideas of "solastalgia," or the distress that is produced by environmental change impacting on people while they are directly connected to their home environment," and "psychoterratica," or emotions related to the earth and environment. UNESCO: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.
