Workshop with Dipesh Chakrabarty

10 September 2024
3:45–7:00pm

Geological and Human Histories – Is there a Planetary Paradigm in the Arts?

In the workshop we will look at the theory of the habitability of the planet developed by Dipesh Chakrabarti from two points of view. To what extent are the various concepts of historicity that Chakrabarti uses also based on aesthetic considerations and can these help us when it comes to future concepts of the planetary? And secondly, what does it mean for the arts to operate with a planetary paradigm? How is it possible to create art that transcends the human perspective?

Location:

Kaskadenfoyer 5.K04, Toni-Areal, Pfingstweidstrasse 96, Zurich

Program

4:00–4:15pm
Welcome Address
Prof. Dr. Judith Siegmund (ZHdK)

4:15–7:15pm
Part I: The Concept of History and Its Link to Aesthetic Thinking

  • Guido Staudacher (Universität Bern): Questions to Dipesh Chakrabarty concerning The Climate of Historiy in a Planetary Age, Chapter 1: Four Theses, pp. 23–48.
  • Input by Dipesh Chakrabarty
  • Discussion

5:45–7:00pm
Part II: Planetary Strategies in Contemporary Arts

  • Text for Discussion: The Climate of Historiy in a Planetary Age, Chapter 7: The Time of the Anthropocene, pp. 155–181.
  • Screening: Under the Ice (CH 2024, Regie: David Oesch, Michel Kessler)
  • Introduction by Frederike Maas (ETH Zürich)

Referenzen

  • Dipesh Chakrabarty: The Climate of Historiy in a Planetary Age, University of Chicago Press 2021.
  • Judith Siegmund: «Dauer um jeden Preis? Kultur, die verschwindet im Lebendigen – Hannah Arendts Begriffe von Verdinglichung als Kunst, Dauer und Natur», in: Judith Siegmund/Marita Tatari/Anne Eusterschulte (Hg.): Hannah Arendt und die Weltlichkeit der Künste, Metzlerverlag Stuttgart 2025.