Interactions between Еcology and Artistic Practice. Issues

Abstract: The topic aims to draw attention to the need for a new aesthetics of the environment. The discussion of art in relation to nature presents different aspects of the genesis of culture from the point of view of modern knowledge. The article proposes a concept of revolutionizing the artistic creativity, expressed in a profound study of nature and a new vision in support of ecological movements. The synthesis of art and science naturally creates the opportunity for the artwork to be engaged in debate, to judge cultural circles, to criticize environmental phenomena in different contexts, and to offer ways of preserving its deep natural roots.The author refers to the scientific discipline „epigenetics” (introduced in Bulgaria by Assoc. Prof. Milena Georgieva), which is similar to the theory of the influence of geological and hydrogeological characteristics on human organism and culture as a part of nature. This exemplifies the new situation influencing modern and contemporary art as opposed to the understanding of nature in the aesthetic theories of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.The art project „Geological pulse” is presented scientifically, offering a new picture of the in-depth processes, the knowledge of which is necessary for creation of a modern strategy of ecological movements. It is argued that art is a phenomenon related to natural conditions.