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'''<big>The geo-history of oil shale in Estonia</big>''' | |||
What is oil shale? Topography of extraction Waste/Environmental impact Methodological Briefing: acoustic ecology, chromatography, listening exercises Mindaugas Gapševičius & Felix Bonowski, Bauhaus University Weimar Instructions for Group Work (3- 5 people) Homework: Concept Note. What relational dynamics / transformations do you want to explore? | '''Guest Lecture:''' Riho Mötlep, Institute for Geology and Earth Science, University of Tartu | ||
'''Topics:''' What is oil shale? Topography of extraction Waste/Environmental impact Methodological Briefing: acoustic ecology, chromatography, listening exercises Mindaugas Gapševičius & Felix Bonowski, Bauhaus University Weimar Instructions for Group Work (3- 5 people) Homework: Concept Note. What relational dynamics / transformations do you want to explore? | |||
'''Required Readings:''' | |||
Ulrike Gerhart & Julia Wolf, 2024 ''T[https://insert.art/ausgaben/troubled-matter/editorial-1/ roubled Matter—Thinking with Sedimented Histories]'' | |||
'''Examples Fieldprijects/Reports''' | |||
* Larisa Crunțeanu/Sonja Hornung: “to slip, to slide, to glitch: Navigating Uneasy Landscapes.” In: INSERT. Artistic Practices as Cultural Inquiries, Issue 6, Troubled Matter—Thinking with Sedimented Histories, 2024, URL: <nowiki>https://insert.art/ausgaben/troubled-matter/to-slip-to-slide-to-glitch/</nowiki>, DOI: <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14030438</nowiki>. | |||
* Ingrid Halland: “The Surface-Process Paradox: On Chemistry, Extraction, and Aesthetics.” In: INSERT. Artistic Practices as Cultural Inquiries, Issue 6, Troubled Matter—Thinking with Sedimented Histories, 2024, URL: <nowiki>https://insert.art/ausgaben/troubled-matter/the-surface-process-paradox/</nowiki>, DOI: <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14030656</nowiki>. | |||
* Mareike Bernien/Alex Gerbaulet: „Sonne Unter Tage – Fragmente gesammelt auf den Halden unserer zusammengetragenen Geschichten“. In: INSERT. Artistic Practices as Cultural Inquiries, Ausgabe 6, Troubled Matter – Denken mit sedimentierten Geschichten, 2024, URL: <nowiki>https://insert.art/ausgaben/troubled-matter/sonne-unter-tage/</nowiki>, DOI: <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14030408</nowiki>. | |||
''NOTE: This project is only interesting for the way they work with radiation as a medium /photographic device, not the text. Using x-ray film for capturing the afterlife of uranium mining is interesting. It allowed to visualize the recalibration of elemental flows in contaminated soils that would otherwise be imperceptible.'' | |||
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The geo-history of oil shale in Estonia
Guest Lecture: Riho Mötlep, Institute for Geology and Earth Science, University of Tartu
Topics: What is oil shale? Topography of extraction Waste/Environmental impact Methodological Briefing: acoustic ecology, chromatography, listening exercises Mindaugas Gapševičius & Felix Bonowski, Bauhaus University Weimar Instructions for Group Work (3- 5 people) Homework: Concept Note. What relational dynamics / transformations do you want to explore?
Required Readings:
Ulrike Gerhart & Julia Wolf, 2024 Troubled Matter—Thinking with Sedimented Histories
Examples Fieldprijects/Reports
- Larisa Crunțeanu/Sonja Hornung: “to slip, to slide, to glitch: Navigating Uneasy Landscapes.” In: INSERT. Artistic Practices as Cultural Inquiries, Issue 6, Troubled Matter—Thinking with Sedimented Histories, 2024, URL: https://insert.art/ausgaben/troubled-matter/to-slip-to-slide-to-glitch/, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14030438.
- Ingrid Halland: “The Surface-Process Paradox: On Chemistry, Extraction, and Aesthetics.” In: INSERT. Artistic Practices as Cultural Inquiries, Issue 6, Troubled Matter—Thinking with Sedimented Histories, 2024, URL: https://insert.art/ausgaben/troubled-matter/the-surface-process-paradox/, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14030656.
- Mareike Bernien/Alex Gerbaulet: „Sonne Unter Tage – Fragmente gesammelt auf den Halden unserer zusammengetragenen Geschichten“. In: INSERT. Artistic Practices as Cultural Inquiries, Ausgabe 6, Troubled Matter – Denken mit sedimentierten Geschichten, 2024, URL: https://insert.art/ausgaben/troubled-matter/sonne-unter-tage/, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14030408.
NOTE: This project is only interesting for the way they work with radiation as a medium /photographic device, not the text. Using x-ray film for capturing the afterlife of uranium mining is interesting. It allowed to visualize the recalibration of elemental flows in contaminated soils that would otherwise be imperceptible.