Symposium: "Art and Design in the Ecological Transition"

September 16, 2025.

Organized by: Product Design Department of EASDA, School of Art and Higher Design of Alicante and MACA

In a historical moment marked by climate collapse, loss of biodiversity, and a systemic linear economy, this symposium urges critical, ethical, and ecological analysis of the anthropocentric era. An era rooted in the conception of the natural world as an unlimited resource destined to be exploited, consumed, and discarded.
The five voices propose an interwoven vision of the ecological transition through design research, artistic practice, and collaboration between academia and industry, addressing contemporary challenges and environmental activism from different perspectives.

The symposium highlights the role of art and design as transformative agents, capable of imagining other futures and of questioning, from the present, the footprint of objects whose scale exceeds human experience of time and the implications of inhabiting a finite planet.

Expert Panel and Presentations:
Irene Brotóns Brotóns. "Designing the Ecological Transition. Beyond Extractivism"
Ana Martínez Gorostiza. "Contemporary Environmental Photography. From Awareness to Evidence"
Inma Peñate Cerro. "Art and Design for a Sustainable Industry"
David Villalba Díaz. "Notes for a Form. From the Limits of the Visual to Speculative Archaeology"

Moderator
María Navarro. Manager of ADCV and Director of ENCIRCULAR