Antonio José García Cano

Murcia

Antonio José García Cano (Murcia, Spain) is an artist and researcher interested in the relationship between art and ecology. He studies how art can contribute to the improvement of our current ecological situation. He believes in art that learns from other disciplines and from the complexity of reality, and is especially interested in water and its fluvial dynamics. He has completed a PhD in ecological art, concerned with the consequences of Climate Change on water ecosystems. In addition, he is interested in art that learns from ecological memory, because access to the memory of the places we inhabit often generates attachment to them. As a result, hopefully, that attachment translates into greater environmental responsibility. He explores this opportunity in his artistic initiatives Azarbón (Murcia, 2009), Iskurna Project (Murcia, 2010-2014) and Puyallup Project (Tacoma, 2016-2017). Memory of the place can also inspire us to imagine potential futures of mitigation and adaptation to Climate Change.