2020 SUMMIT
RESOURCE HUNGRY
OUR CULTURED LANDSCAPE AND
ITS ECOLOGICAL IMPACT
"There are small and large gestures we can all make. This is a moment to reflect on doing less, better and for longer."
Jessica Morgan
Video by Crossmark.
Organised in partnership with acclaimed museum director Jessica Morgan, Nathalie de Gunzburg Director of New York’s Dia Art Foundation. The 2020 Verbier Art Summit took place on 31 January – 1 February in Verbier, Switzerland around the theme:
RESOURCE HUNGRY:
OUR CULTURED LANDSCAPE AND ITS ECOLOGICAL IMPACT
The 2020 Verbier Art Summit asked how to envision a way forward in finding harmony between art, ecology and resources. Jessica Morgan comments on the theme, “How does culture move forward at a time of crisis such as now? It is essential to have artists, designers, architects, engineers and other thinkers be a part of this conversation.”
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The speakers gathered for an extended dialogue in Verbier, Switzerland, to consider questions raised around resources, land and culture. The framework of the Summit allows for the exploration of a variety of subjects, ranging from the history of land art and work made in and about the land- and urban-scape; the resources consumed by art and institutions; engineering and other man made forms in the environment; real and imagined landscapes and the future of art in the context of an ecological crisis.
Jessica Morgan and the Verbier Art Summit welcomed artists, curators, academics and leading innovators to Verbier, Switzerland for a weekend of innovation: