As any green festival or any issue of Resurgence will make obvious, there are vibrant and growing currents of art that celebrate the Earth and reflect upon humankind’s relationship with the rest of Nature. As yet, these currents are fragmentary, marginalised from mainstream culture, and vulnerable to the dictates of economics and to reactionary political forces. The postmodernist paradigm that still governs the arts implies that any bit of artistic expression is as valid as any other if it can secure an audience. Time, then, for a paradigm shift in the arts – as part and parcel of ...
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