ABSTRACT
The introduction explains how this book invites readers to deepen their knowledge of how aesthetic relations and current artistic practices are intrinsically connected to the world. As art is created in a given historic temporality, it presents specific modalities of productive and sensory relations to the world. With contributions from over 50 artists and researchers of different nationalities, the book draws on an understanding of ecology in a broad sense, integrating mental and social ecologies into the environmental perspective. Arts become ecosophic when they question the very notion of aesthetics at the intersection of aísthēsis, sensation, perception, and ethics. The book proposes interdisciplinary approaches to the arts that clarify the multiple relationships between art and ecology through an exploration of key concepts. Marking a milestone in the process of research carried out by a collective, it presents the heterogenous proliferation and extension of aesthetic practices in relation to environmental issues. The book’s format reflects this heterogeneity: each entry assumes an individual form ranging from academic discourse to socially and politically engaged forms of writing.
