Speculative Ecology - The Challenge of Aesthetics in an Era of Fundamentalism

Speculative Ecology: The Challenge of Aesthetics in an Era of Fundamentalism is a new essay by cultural theorist & philosopher Claire Colebrook. Published in dialogue with the exhibition Syncretic Wilds: Phasmahammer and Natasha Tontey, it reopens the notion of ecology as a speculative question, challenging the assumption that nature, environment and humanity provide self-evident foundations for politics and ethics. Taking into account contemporary forms of ecological and political fundamentalism, Colebrook argues for worlds in which identities, environments and futures remain open to transformation.