International Journal of Education & the Arts

Citation: Moscovitch, K. (2024). Ecological intimacy as anarchic feminist care practice. International Journal of Education & the Arts, 25(si1.4). http://doi.org/10.26209/ijea25si1.4

This paper triangulates an approach to ecology, via the frames offered by the intersection of intimacy and care. I situate radical intimacy within a discourse of care, identifying a pathway for anarchic feminist care practices. By investigating how intimacy adds anarchic elements to care, I inquire into how my own artwork engages care frameworks from a subversive and critical perspective and suggest that intimacy lends an anarchic feminist frame to ecological care. I engage theoretical constructs from several object-oriented philosophers to situate intimacy within an ecological discourse. I also investigate the work and ideas of Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens, specifically their ecosexuality projects, as counterpoint and complement to my own work as an artist. Finally, I introduce my recent body of work Sun, Moon, Egg to inquire into the radical roots of ecological intimacy in maternity-based practice.