Jörg Paulus: Nature’s Paperwork
Saturday | June 21, 2025 | 2:45-3:30
Lounge in the University Library, Steubenstraße 6, 99423 Weimar
Abstract:
In my talk, I will examine the relation between humans and nature in the medium of paper (and other storage media). The question will be raised as to how these media contribute to the profiling of this relation and even make it possible in the first place. I will take a strictly experimental approach and concretize the idea of the laboratory in the archive: examples include self-inprints of nature from the 19th century, mayflies in calendars, and rock formations. Which philosophies call for such assemblages, and how can they be translated into human language?