Tue Greenfort
Tue Greenfort presents on his recent projects, especially his work with water and an international water archive, as well as how this helps to understand changing landscapes and open dialogues on subjects such as biozone protection and the relation between computer science and thought.
Synthesis
dOCUMENTA (13) • Multi-species archive – human and non-human animals • Water archive • Water pollution and drinkability • Expand…
Danish artist living in Berlin • dOCUMENTA (13) • Multi-species archive – human and non-human animals • Water archive • Water pollution and drinkability • Place specific – samples from around the world • Symbolic value of objects • Closed ecosystem • What is the difference between an archive and a collection? • A collection that opens dialogue • Water as a political issue • Different approaches to water • Exhibition at SculptureCenter in New York • Hurricane Sandy • Reaction to the hurricane • The changing landscape of New York • How to re-think the environment in an urban area • The horseshoe crab • Evolutionary time scale • Dialogue on biozone protection • New York context • The relation between computer science and ecological thought
Short biography
Tue Greenfort, artist. As a participant in dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel, Germany, Greenfort was co-curator of an archive on multi-species co-evolution, The Worldly House.Expand…
Tue Greenfort, artist. As a participant in dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel, Germany, Greenfort was co-curator of an archive on multi-species co-evolution, The Worldly House. Solo presentations include Berlinische Galerie (2012), South London Gallery (2011), Kunstverein Braunschweig (2008), and Secession, Vienna (2007). Among his publications, the most comprehensive, Linear Deflection, was published by Walther König in 2009.