The Sustainability Studies theme encourages students and faculty to attend a College of Fine Arts lecture by Dr. Una Chaudhuri on “Art & Climate Chaos” on Thursday, Nov 5, at 7 p.m. in Robert Glidden Recital Hall, fourth floor.
A reception follows the lecture.
Una Chaudhuri
Abstract: The pace and unpredictability of the phenomena we’ve been referring to as “climate change” makes that phrase seem almost euphemistic; recognizing that we are in an age of climate chaos calls us to a heightened sense of urgency and opens new areas for creative engagement. This presentation explores art that encourages us to “take the climate personally,” using many affective registers—beyond guilt, shame, fear, and anger—to realign our values, thoughts, and feelings with more realistic and resilient attitudes to the strange new world ahead.
About Dr. Chaudhuri: Una Chaudhuri is Collegiate Professor and Professor of English, Drama, and Environmental Studies at New York University. Her publications include No Man’s Stage: A Semiotic Study of Jean Genet’s Drama; Staging Place: The Geography of Modern Drama; Rachel’s Brain and Other Storms: The Performance Scripts of Rachel Rosenthal; and Land/Scape/Theater (co-edited Elinor Fuchs). Chaudhuri is a pioneer in the field of “eco-theatre”— plays and performances that engage with the subjects of ecology and environment—and helped to launch that field when she guest-edited a special issue of Yale’s Theater journal in 1994. Professor Chaudhuri also collaborates on creative projects, including the multi-platform intervention entitled Dear Climate, which has been presented in New York, Santa Barbara, Troy, Dublin, Abu Dhabi, and the Netherlands.
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