About this course

This immersive course explores how scientific perspectives have inspired historical and contemporary artistic practices and how art can help us understand and connect with nature. 

Through excursions and individual and collaborative art projects using sustainable materials, we experiment with creative practices that connect artistic expression, ecological awareness, and hands-on engagement with the natural world. By studying historical art practices, from the framing of nature in historic landscape painting to groundbreaking Earth Art and contemporary collaborations between artists and scientists today, we develop an understanding of how evolving ideas about nature have shaped science and art over time.

Syllabus

Draft Syllabus

This is a draft syllabus. The final syllabus will be available here a few days prior to the new course’s first start date.

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Course note

This course was originally called Art, Nature, and Climate Change. Starting in Spring 2027, the course title will be Art and Nature.

Faculty

Andrea Homann

Dipl.-Ing. (Apparel Engineering/Fashion Design, Fachhochschule Mönchengladbach, 1989). Educator at the Danish National Gallery, the Thorvaldsen Museum, and the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. With DIS since 1997.