Description
This seminar explores strategies for representing landscapes in relation to the increasingly ambiguous definition of “nature.” As it is now impossible to separate the artificial from the natural, traditional methods of depicting ecological conditions fail to capture the nuance and inherent messiness of contemporary landscapes. This course asks students to rethink conventional representational approaches through the use—and deliberate subversion—of generative design tools, game engines, AI-based imaging techniques, and storytelling methods. By coaxing typically rigid and tidy technological tools towards entanglement and complexity, students create virtual environments that embrace and represent the messy coexistence of the human and nonhuman.