Bernd M. Scherer with Erich Hörl / Interview / The Whole Earth

© Film and Production by Dusan Solomun
www.hkw.de/en/wholeearth

The Whole Earth. California and the Disappearance of the Outside
Exhibition and Conference

HKW Talk on the Anthropocene

with

Anselm Franke
Curator "The Whole Earth. California and the Disappearance of the Outside", Head of Visual Arts and Film Department at Haus der Kulturen der Welt

and

Bernd M. Scherer
Director Haus der Kulturen der Welt

The exhibition and the conference The Whole Earth are dedicated to the story of the image of the "blue planet" which has become one of the most influential images in history. The project takes its starting point in historical developments in California since the 1960s: using materials from cultural history and artistic works, the exhibition will critically explore the application of ecological-systemic concepts to society, politics, and aesthetics. The transformation of romantic and technophile ideas from the realm of counterculture and cybernetics led to concepts of the system and self-management in network capitalism that have a global impact today.

In the framework of The Anthropocene Project 2013 - 2014
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin