Author: Luis Bravo

Luis Bravo is a Business Management student at Universidad Iberoamericana in Puebla, México. He was an exchange student at Leuphana Universität, doing a 3-months Internship at Cultura21 in the framework of the Leuphana Plus Program, and continues to collaborate with Cultura21.

2012 iLAB Resident – Follow the Water Walks

July 13-15, 2012 Spend time and explore the natural and man-made landscapes that lead from the top of the watershed to the Bronx River. You will play games, dance, draw, write, envision and interact with the communities that call East Tremont home. There will be walking, building, gardening, story-gathering and dancing! The plan is to… Continue reading 2012 iLAB Resident – Follow the Water Walks

Bug Cinema USA – An ecological forest art project

Bug Cinema’s work-in-progress is located in the Siuslaw Model Forest, from 25 June to 9 July Bug Cinema is a new ecological forest art commission for the Whale Oil to Whole Foods summer eco-arts festival in Greene County (Hudson Valley), on the edge of the Catskill Mountains, upper New York State. The eco-arts festival consists… Continue reading Bug Cinema USA – An ecological forest art project

Sideways : Artistic laboratory along slow paths

33 projects in open space, a journey of 334 kilometres, 16 walking days, 5 festival weekends, 2 symposia and 1 multimedia donkey! 17 August – 17 September 2012, Belgium Sideways is an itinerant festival for contemporary arts and cultural research. In times of acceleration and hypermobility, this nomadic initiative follows a web of slow paths.… Continue reading Sideways : Artistic laboratory along slow paths

Michelangelo Pistoletto – The Third Paradise

Rebirth-Day: the first worldwide day of rebirth A great celebration throughout the world—a vital, living, breathing symbol of a new beginning. December 21st, the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere and the summer solstice in the Southern, is a day celebrated by mankind since time immemorial. A fateful “end of the world” connotation, as widespread… Continue reading Michelangelo Pistoletto – The Third Paradise

Sense of Planet: The Arts and Ecology at Earth Magnitude

A NIEA Symposium Saturday, 25 August 2012, 9:30–6:30pm The acceleration of climate change, species extinction, and other ecological crises enjoins us to find ways of grasping historical and evolving circumstances at earth magnitude. The Sense of Planet symposium concentrates together an international array of artists, eco-theorists, and scholars to address the issues and activities of… Continue reading Sense of Planet: The Arts and Ecology at Earth Magnitude

Event: Screening of ARTPORT_COOL STORIES III

Tuesday, July 3, 2012 – Claustro Renacentista + Aula Capitular, Centro del Carmen, Calle Museo 2, 46003 Valencia, Spain ARTPORT_making waves presents the 19 finalists and the winner of the third edition of animation and short videos about climate change, COOL STORIES FOR WHEN THE PLANET GETS HOT III followed by a panel “The contemporary… Continue reading Event: Screening of ARTPORT_COOL STORIES III

ALECC 2012 Biennial Conference

The Association for Literature, Environment, and Culture in Canada / Association pour la littérature, l’environnement et la culture au Canada (ALECC) is a non-profit organization focused on the creation, appreciation, discussion, analysis, and dissemination of knowledge about the work of nature writers, environmental writers and journalists, eco-artists of all disciplines, ecocritics, and ecotheorists in Canada.… Continue reading ALECC 2012 Biennial Conference

Readings in Performance and Ecology

Last May, this new book edited by Theresa J. May and Wendy Arons, which focuses on how theatre, dance and other forms of performance are helping to transform our ecological values, was published. This collection of essays helps leading scholars and practitioners explore the ways that familiar and new works of theatre and dance can… Continue reading Readings in Performance and Ecology

Publication: Energising Culture

Earlier this month, Energising Culture was launched; a guide to future energy for cultural buildings, engaging the UK´s cultural leadership with the importance of planning a cleaner, more sustainable energy future for cultural buildings. Energising Culture is authored by Julie’s Bicycle, in partnership with the national advisory body for theatres in the UK, The Theatres… Continue reading Publication: Energising Culture