mădălina diaconu. “the question is really about that which lies between the earth and the...
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Mădălina Diaconu
“The question is really about that which lies between the earth and the nearest stars.” (Aristotle)
„Die Wolkenzüge geben viel zu denken.“ (Goethe)
1. Meteorology or The sky on earth2. Sky, clouds, mist, smog: descending the ladder3. Atmosphere(s)4. Meteorological & aerial aesthetic?5. Looking at Earth from the Moon6. From weather makers to climate makers and
from rituals to geoengineering
1. Meteorology or The sky on earth
Kant:
„the starry sky above me“Dynamic visionDialectics of the sublime
Correctives:
Envelopping atmosphere(s)Sensory and affective effectsChanging flow of phenomena
2. Sky, clouds, mist, smog: descending the ladder
Aristotle
Geocentric cosmology and meteorology
Concentric circles of elementsMeteorology: the „interval“
between earth and heavenBeauty, harmony and
permanence of the universe
“The question is really about that which lies between the earth and the nearest stars.” (Aristotle)
Goethe
Artist, scientist & travelerVisual type, fine weatherGeneral dynamics: object,
body, attention„Splendid, instructive
drama“Morphology of the clouds
„Die Wolkenzüge geben viel zu denken.“ (Goethe)
Types of clouds
Cioran“Le brouillard, la seule chose qui ne m’a jamais déçu, la plus belle réussite à la surface de la terre.”
Cioran
„Amoureux du mauvais temps“
Winter bluesThe most humiliating of
man’s dependences Heraclitic subject:
“meteorology of feelings”Forerunner of the
ecosensitivity: trapped in the smog
3. Atmosphere(s)
Natural sciences Phenomenology
Physical space & processes
Wetter, Witterung, Klima
Convection: warmth as „Ur-Atmosphäre“
Emotional qualities of lived spaces
Half-things (Schmitz)Atmosphäre vs.
Atmosphärisches (G. Böhme)Weiteraum, Richtungsraum,
Ortsraum (Schmitz)Multimodal perceptionGeneral physiological and
emotional effects
4. Meteorological & aerial aesthetic?
Günther Roth (2009) David Macaulay (2010)
Aesthetic of pure visibilityChromatic intensity and
variationBlue-sky-thinking
Primacy of visual elementsException: weather;
ambience and atmosphericVisual (clouds) vs. tactile
(snow)
Looking at Earth from the Moon
Günther AndersHolmes Rolston III
Fragility of EarthGap between power &
knowledge
Environmental sensitivity
“The further out he (man) goes, the smaller he seems to become.” (H. Urey)
6. From weather makers to climate makers and from rituals to geoengineering
Strategies of coping with the weather/climate change:
1. Biological adaptation2. Migration3. Inventions (material culture): protecting hulls4. Representations and practices (culture):
Rituals: „paparuda“ (rainmaker) Rationalization Technology (geoengineering): pros & cons
Geoengineering / Konrad Ott
Gaia-hypothesis
Arthur J. Lovelock:Geophysiology„somehow alive“Atmosphere: „biological
construction“
The Keeling curve: “breathing planet”
Sensitivity of the environment
