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Ursula Biemann: Devenir Universidad: Art, Indigenous Science  and the Biocultural Reconstruction of Amazonian Knowledges
Devenir Universidad: Art, Indigenous Science and the Biocultural Reconstruction of Amazonian Knowledges
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Ursula Biemann

Devenir Universidad: Art, Indigenous Science and the Biocultural Reconstruction of Amazonian Knowledges

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  • art
  • ecology
  • economics
  • digital culture
  • capitalism
  • digital media
  • cultural critic

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Ursula Biemann

is an artist, writer, and video essayist based in Zurich, Switzerland. Her artistic practice is research oriented and involves fieldwork in remote locations where she engages with the political ecologies of forests, oil and water. In her video practice she interweaves vast cinematic landscapes with documentary footage, science fiction poetry and academic findings to narrate a changing planetary reality. Her video installations have been shown at the international art biennials in Istanbul, Liverpool, Sevilla, Shanghai, Gwangju, Montreal, and Venice, and are represented in museums worldwide. In 2013 she had a comprehensive solo exhibition at Neuer Berliner Kunstverein n.b.k. In addition to other books, she has published Stuff it – The Video Essay in the Digital Age, and she is founding member of the collaborative art and media project World of Matter. Biemann studied at the School of Visual Arts and attended the Whitney Independent Study Program in New York. In 2008 she received a doctor honoris causa in Humanities by the Swedish University Umea, and 2009 the Prix Meret Oppenheim, the Swiss Grand Award for Art. www.geobodies.org
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