The Mushrooms of Plato’s Cave

Brunetti, Francesca (2023) The Mushrooms of Plato’s Cave. [Exhibition/show]

Creators:
Brunetti, Francesca
Description/Abstract:

In this artistic project I adopted an interdisciplinary approach to eco-feminism, politics of care, and drawing to create a visual counternarrative of Plato’s Myth of the Cave. In my narrative composed by twenty images the protagonist of my redesigned myth instead of leaving the material world represented by the cave as in Plato’s myth, creates a deeper connection with it by understanding its underground life populated by fungi. By using imagination, watercolours, and digital painting I created a visual description where the protagonist of my transformed Plato’s myth discovers a way to relate to her material world that challenges traditional western anthropocentric approach to reality. This project has been exhibited at China Museum of Art in Shanghai (December 2nd, 2023 - February 25th, 2024) and Coffee Craft Café in Beijing (4th-February 28th, 2024).

Item Type:
Art/Design Item
Date:
2 December 2023
Locations / Venues:
Location
From Date
To Date
Coffee Craft Café, Beijing, China
4 January 2024
28 February 2024
China Museum of Art, Shanghai, China
2 December 2023
25 February 2024
Depositing User:
Francesca Brunetti
Date Deposited:
01 Oct 2024 14:35
Last Modified:
01 Oct 2024 14:37
Brunetti, Francesca:
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5008-2989
Art/Design Categories:
Exhibition/show
URI:
https://research.uca.ac.uk/id/eprint/6446

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