Parafiction and Climate Change
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Wax, hair, and bone; Stone, ice, and lead. These are some of the materials in the artworks Carrie Lambert-Beatty will discuss in this lecture; so are assumptions and revisions, belief and doubt. The subject is parafction, her term for artistic reality experiments that have viewers practice the range of belief-states
the way musicians practice scales. The background is a historic cultural shift, from a time when skepticism of official truth claims was intrinsic to progressive politics, to one when widespread cynicism and manufactured doubt threaten both democracy and the planet itself. Lambert-Beatty will draw upon parafictional works by artists such as Iris Häussler, Dario Robleto, the Yes Men, and Walid Raad in this exploration of contemporary art and the new knowledge politics.
