Josephine Wilson

Anthropoiesis is a soundscape inviting us to reconfigure our relations with time, space and existence in the

Anthropocene age. It asks: what does it mean to live enfolded by deep time when humans have become a new

geologic agent? Given that poiesis is to make, transform, or bring forth, how can we reimagine our geologic future? Where is beauty to be found amidst the terror of biodiversity loss and climate change and how can we

create a sublime poetics of kin-making? This assemblage of ‘sound debris’ combines organic and human-constructed landscapes recorded on sites across Western and Central Australia and beyond. These reflect the

many scales and layers of more-than-human existence, from the granular to expansive. Sounds are layered with

new writing and text adapted from David Farrier’s Anthropocene Poetics (2019).

(PDF) Anthropoiesis: Eco-Performance project at ECC, Venice Biennale 2023. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/370155660_Anthropoiesis_Eco-Performance_project_at_ECC_Venice_Biennale_2023#fullTextFileContent [accessed May 19 2023].