Intro - Performance Philosophy2024-03-29T11:51:25Zhttps://performancephilosophy.ning.com/forum/topics/intro?groupUrl=performing-ecology&commentId=6528949%3AComment%3A59401&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHi WL,
Thank you for initiati…tag:performancephilosophy.ning.com,2020-01-13:6528949:Comment:594012020-01-13T23:02:11.737ZAshton Kohl Arnoldyhttps://performancephilosophy.ning.com/profile/AshtonKohlArnoldy
<p>Hi WL,</p>
<p>Thank you for initiating introductions! I too consider myself an interdisciplinary artist with an emphasis on performance. Yet, because ecology is such a reigning concept for me, I like to imagine that my aspirations push toward a transdisciplinary form of art, work that unites the ontological, epistemic, and aesthetic at once—<em>performing </em>ecology!<br></br><br></br> I appreciate you throwing out the term "ecological ontology," it gives us an opportunity to consider what might…</p>
<p>Hi WL,</p>
<p>Thank you for initiating introductions! I too consider myself an interdisciplinary artist with an emphasis on performance. Yet, because ecology is such a reigning concept for me, I like to imagine that my aspirations push toward a transdisciplinary form of art, work that unites the ontological, epistemic, and aesthetic at once—<em>performing </em>ecology!<br/><br/> I appreciate you throwing out the term "ecological ontology," it gives us an opportunity to consider what might characterize such an ontology. How does looking through the lens of ecology transform our notion of Being? I tend to align myself with thinkers like Alfred North Whitehead who consider process and relationship as the defining characteristics of ontology, a view that is particularly amenable to ecological thinking. Morton is one of my favorite interlocutors. I've engaged with his though in essay a few times, one of which I have posted <a href="https://re-enchant.me/2018/05/06/why-bother-with-metaphysics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p>
<p>Looking forward to ongoing dialogue and the introductions of others!</p>
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<p>Warmly,</p>
<p><br/>Ashton</p>