Resource Hungry. Our Cultured Landscape and its Ecological Impact. Vol. 4

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The Verbier Art Summit is an international platform for discourse in a nontransactional context. The non-profit Summit connects thought leaders to key figures in the art world to generate innovative ideas and drive social change. This is the fourth in the Summit publication series, disseminating key insights of the 2020 Summit and extending a global dialogue to find harmony between art, ecology and resources.00Organised 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.00?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.?00The 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