Ele Carpenter will present her recent curatorial fieldwork from the Northern Territory of Australia, the Joint Research Centre of the European Union, Ispra, Italy; and the Onkalo repository for high level radioactive waste in Finland. This curatorial research into planetary nuclear aesthetics invites us to stay with the trouble of the Nuclear Anthropocene through a decolonial unravelling of the spatial and social aesthetics of nuclear technoscientific practices. The research investigates relationships between nuclear contexts, visual culture and artistic practices, moving between studio visits, field work, undertaking radiation protection surveys, and participating in expert working groups. Findings are presented in public lectures, written essays and curated exhibitions which define new conceptual frameworks for critical analysis of the visual and material conditions of nuclear art and culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ele Carpenter<\/a> is Professor of Interdisciplinary Art and Culture and Director of the UmArts Research Centre at Ume\u00e5 University. Ele\u2019s curatorial research is focused on Nuclear Culture, specifically decolonizing the European discourse on Radioactive Waste Management. She is a member of the NEA\/OECD Forum for Stakeholder Confidence on geologic disposal of high level radioactive waste, and her current research and writing is supported by the RJ Sabbatical Fund and a Vetenskapsr\u00e5det Exploratory Research Grant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ele Carpenter will present her Nuclear Culture fieldwork from the Northern Territory of Australia and the Joint Research Centre of the European Union, Ispra, Italy, carried out during 2024. 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It is a network of artists, curators, and academics in the nuclear arts, humanities and sciences, as well as nuclear professionals, who share their work and opportunities around nuclear culture to develop new research partnerships. In this context the term \u2018nuclear culture\u2019 describes cultural activity investigating conceptual frameworks of the aesthetics of radiation and nuclear decoloniality though the visual, performing and media arts. The term \u2018nuclear\u2019 is used to describe the whole techno-scientific cycle from uranium mining, the military industrial complex, energy and the planned final geologic repositories. Group members have been involved in exhibitions, field research, publications and roundtable discussions investigating nuclear sites and artistic research questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The group has an jisc email list for sharing information, moderated by Gair Dunlop (DJCAD, University of Dundee) and Ele Carpenter (Ume\u00e5 University). 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