Anthropocene writings: lecture-performance “Anthroposcenes” (2017)

Abstract

Abstract: In this article, I present the original text I developed for the lecture-conference “Antroposcenes” (2017). The text, often accompanied by binary and ternary rhythms, sought to delve into the discussion around the Anthropocene and the current climate crisis, narrating an intertwined and partial story of the perspectives of “nature” and “humanity” in Western art. In between a poem and a lecture, “Anthroposcenes” was engaged with a critic to human exceptionalism, Philipe Descola’s contributions to the critique of Western thought as naturalist ontology and a failed non-anthropocentric vision of the Anthropocene .