All but blank: Artistic approaches to human Antarctica

The visual arts have played an increasingly important role in examining and critiquing past and present human activities in Antarctica as governed by the Antarctic Treaty and its Protocol on Environmental protection. This paper analyses the work of six artists who have contributed to this scrutiny,...

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Veröffentlicht in:Polar record 2019-09, Vol.55 (5), p.337-340
1. Verfasser: de Pomereu, Jean
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The visual arts have played an increasingly important role in examining and critiquing past and present human activities in Antarctica as governed by the Antarctic Treaty and its Protocol on Environmental protection. This paper analyses the work of six artists who have contributed to this scrutiny, awakening us to fabrications and helping to enrich Antarctic cultures beyond the scientific and the environmental. It encourages all signatory nations to the Antarctic Treaty System to embrace and empower a more diverse artistic engagement with Antarctica and suggests that artists find new ways to address threats to the Antarctic, whether they come from within and from without.
ISSN:0032-2474
1475-3057
DOI:10.1017/S0032247419000421