The Hydrocene: Eco-Aesthetics in the Age of Water

This book champions the Hydrocene and presents it as disruptive, conceptual epoch and curatorial theory, emphasising water’s pivotal role in the climate crisis and contemporary art. Essential reading for researchers, curators, artists, students of contemporary art, curatorial theory, climate concerns and environmental humanities.

Bronwyn Bailey-Charteris (PhD) is an Australian and Swedish curator, writer and lecturer with expertise in the politics and poetics of eco-aesthetics. Based in Warrang/Sydney on Gadigal and Bidjigal land, she is a sessional academic of curatorial theory and practice at Stockholm University, the University of Sydney, and the University of New South Wales where she was also awarded her doctoral degree with distinction. Bronwyn maintains an independent curatorial practice, having curated multiple exhibitions in Stockholm, Sydney, Melbourne and Madrid, alongside published writing on art, water and ecology in Australia, France, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden and U.S.A. She is the Curator for the Climate Aware Creative Practices Network, an Australia-wide alliance of creative arts educators, researchers and practitioners committed to meeting the challenges posed to creative practice and pedagogy by climate change.