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Anthropocene

Anthropocene

Burtynsky, Edward, 1955- photographer, author.
Book 2018

A visceral expression of humanity's incursions on the planet and an urgent cry to acknowledge humankind's responsibility. Anthropocene is a multidisciplinary body of work by Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier, which includes a photobook, a major traveling museum exhibition, a feature documentary film and an interactive educational website. The project's starting point is the research of the Anthropocene Working Group, an...

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ISBN:
9783958294899
3958294898
Edition:
First edition
Description:
236 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 x 37 cm
Notes:
Accompanies an exhibition held 2018-2019 at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Fondazione MAST, Bologna, Italy
Includes bibliographical references
Contents:
Life in the Anthropocene / Edward Burtynsky
The mirror of our nature : Edward Burtynsky's images of the Anthropocene / Suzaan Boettger
Plates
The plasticene suite / Margaret Atwood
Augmented reality
Film installation
List of plates
The Anthropocene and its "golden spike" / Colin Waters and Jan Zalasiewicz
Evidence / Nicholas de Pencier
Our embedded signal / Jennifer Baichwal
Glossary of terms
Anthropogenic space
Acknowledgements / Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier
Control Number:
2729074
Other Authors:
Art Gallery of Toronto, host institution
Atwood, Margaret, 1939- author
Baichwal, Jennifer, author
Boettger, Suzaan, author
De Pencier, Nick, author
Fondazione MAST, host intitution
National Gallery of Canada, host institution
Waters, Colin, author
Zalasiewicz, J. A., author
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