The “Anthropocene” is a theme-related program dealing with the influence of the human species on Planet Earth through the creative and destructive powers of the indivual and society. The program is rooted on a wide range of video/film collections @ The New Museum of Networked Art.
07 July – 30 September 2022
On 7 July 2022, Alphabet Art Centre was releasing its new program “Anthropocene” – representing the forum for the extended collections on environmental issues – featuring, appreciating and honouring artists working with audio-visual media for their achievements in the fields of moving and interactive images – in most different concern.
The 1st program – released in the framework of the solidarity project “Peace Letters to Ukraine” – is featuring selections from the collections – The Refugee Memorial – Contaminated Progress and Pandemic. The collections are directly related to the context of the war in Ukraine – triggering a wave of refugees, an environmental desaster, and a worldwide famine – as a result related to these three components – an humaniterian desaster of global dimensions. Human made conclicts are resolved by the “human race” as suicide squats for mankind – unrestrained violence, power-games and destruction – they are jeopardizing the survival of humanity on our home planet.
On occasion of the great European refugee crisis 2015, The New Museum of Networked Art initiated – The Refugee Film Collection – to be transformed in 2018 to – The Refugee Memorial , incorporating more than 120 videos/films by 110 international artists. The new “Anthropocene” program is presenting curated selections for this collection.
Enter the – Refugee Film Collection (1)
In the framework of the environmemtal topics of The WAke-Up Memorial, The New Museum of Networked Art launched in 2019 as an initiaitive for a plastic-free environment – the collection context of “Contaminated Progress” standing for erroneous paths of mankind resulting from the belief in progress.
Enter the – Contaminated Progress (1)
On occasion of the COVID-19 Pandemic, The New Museum of Networled Art initiated a new most comprehensive film collection (more than 200 videos by 200 international artists) dealing with the consequences of the pandemic for the individual (artist) and society. The pandemic as a warning to humanity to stop the destruction of the natural habitat of flora and fauna.
