Cosmic Art Pedagogy for the Anthropocene Era

Abstract

This essay attempts to shift the ontological ground for art education to think along a cosmology that is adequate for the Anthropocene era. The cosmic-eco-artisan (without authority) is forwarded as an exemplar of what Deleuze and Guattari would call ‘conceptual personae’. Their cosmic geo-philosophy plays a dominant role in this essay. The point is made that each eco-cosmic project is a singularity and context bound. There is no art education or procedural ‘methodology’ per se. Rather, what is necessary is for art pedagogy to address the Anthropocene problematic through artistic cosmic ‘forcework’ via a techné; that is, through apparatuses which bring art and science together. I call this artscience or scienceart depending on where the emphasis is placed. I end this essay with several paradigmatic examples to vivify this thesis.