I’m not quite sure how it happened, but I have had a tremendous response, over 500 visitors, looking at my article and podcast on saying “Goodbye to the
Anthropoceneand Hello Symbiocene” that I posted on Monday. Glenn Albrecht’s in-depth but very accessible ideas, in his new book ‘Earth Emotions: New Words for a New World’ (2019), that map the atrocities of the Anthropocene to a more harmonious future where we prioritise the thriving of all beings -the Symbiocene, seems to have struck a chord with many.Today, I was particularly excited that another Irish artist I know has a keen sense of the Symbiocene in his backyard. Eoin is an old friend of mine, we both were in the same painting class at the National College of Art and Design many years ago. We were delighted to find we will be co-exhibiting at a small exhibition organised by Imelda Healy, that is running alongside a conference ‘Art in the Anthropocene’ being held in Trinity College, 7-9 June 2019. I am fortunate to be giving my talk again “Goodbye to the Anthropocene and Hello Symbiocene” on Friday 7th June, Session 1.2.2: Eco-social Responses to the Anthropocene Session Convenor: Yvonne Scott, Chair: TBA, Time: 13.45 – 15.15 Venue: Beckett Theatre, Samuel Beckett Centre, Trinity College Dublin. See the full programme here https://artintheanthropocene.com/call-for-proposals/
Back to Eoin’s post below: I thought Hollywood was doing well with a Great Spotted Woodpecker visiting lately, but look at the furry, delightful neighbours that Eoin has at his home in suburban Dublin. Eoin speaks Gaeilge so his post is first in Irish, then English – enjoy!
And if you like the idea of the Symbiocene, do let me know your thoughts below.
Scroll down for the English language version – and there’s also a foxy video below, for your delectation.
Sé mhí ó shin chuala mé sionnach i gcoim na h-oíche. Screadach uaigneach dodhearmadta ar nós bean sí, is dócha, a bhí ann. (Níor chuala mé bean sí riamh).
Anois is arís feicimid sionnaigh sa cheantar agus muid ag siúl san oíche ach níor chuala mé ceann chomh ghar dúinn roimhe seo. Tá na gairdíní in aice linn fiáin go maith agus na sceacha ag scaipeadh isteach orainne. An fheadar an raibh an sionnach ina chónaí sa bhfiántas sin, i ngan fhios dúinn?
Chuaigh an t-am thart agus tháinig an t-earrach. Bhí na laethanta ag dul chun síneadh. Bhí an lon dubh ag canadh ag titim na h-oíche. Bhí sé níos gile sa ghairdín anois. Oíche amháin thug mé faoi dearadh go raibh rud eicint ag corraí sa ghairdín. Bhí sionnach ina…
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The Hollywood Forest Story : An EcoSocial Art Practice | Co. Carlow Ireland 
From Earth Emotions (2019):
“As with solastalgia, contemporary artists have been inspired by the Symbiocene to negate the Anthropocene. The artists, Jenny Brown in Australia, and in Ireland, Cathy Fitzgerald, have both delivered powerful responses to this relatively new idea. Art theorists are also seeing the connections between the defeat of solastalgia and the rise of the Symbiocene.
The idea of the Symbiocene is now being applied and has the potential to be a stimulus for many new directions in the environmental humanities (sumbiomental humanities) and the applied sciences and professions.” See: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140104119890
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Thank you so much Glenn, I was so surprised and delighted to get a mention in your important book! And thanks for writing in earlier in the week and saying you think Hollywood forest radiates the Symbiocene. Very proud for all in Hollywood. During my PhD, I also found the term ‘environmental humanities’ limiting, often trying to call it ‘ecological humanities’ so I like your ‘sumbiomental humanities.
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