Author: Lena Felde

Lena is the Treasurer of Cultura21 Germany. She is studying Cultural Sciences (Mag. Art.) at Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany.

Carbon Bomb Blows Up Near West Point Military Academy (West Point, New York 2014)

Reposted from http://www.toolsforaction.net/carbon-bomb-blows-up-near-west-point/ This september, a 30-foot carbon bomb blew up in the airspace over the Hudson River in front of West Point Military Academy. An inflatable bomb pressurized with carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and oxygen contained in outer shell of silver radiant barrier foil, the carbon bomb was manufactured as part of a research program… Continue reading Carbon Bomb Blows Up Near West Point Military Academy (West Point, New York 2014)

iLANDing Laboratories Initiative

Request for Proposals – 2015 iLANDing Laboratories Initiative Due October 20 send to info@ilandart.org Following the successful inaugural year of the iLANDing Laboratory Initiative, the program will continue for a second year. The 2015 iLANDing Laboratories will continue in an experimental format as a series of workshops/laboratories designed by members of the iLAND community as… Continue reading iLANDing Laboratories Initiative

If the city were a commons

An alternative arts development programme If the city were a commons what would it look like, taste like, sound like, feel like, and smell like? How would artists and other creative individuals develop their skills and hone their practice? Through a series of artists talks, workshops, field trips, residencies, and reading groups, On Site Projects… Continue reading If the city were a commons

Dance Politics

Dance Politics is about getting into the bodies and to more deeply engage with its movement. Activists and organizers will gather to think and dance with performers and philosophers, bringing the body wisdom into what we know, and how we work in our social movements. How is the body and its ability to express joy… Continue reading Dance Politics

S.O.S. ACTION Guide

reposted from http://ecoartspace.blogspot.ro The recently completed S.O.S. ACTION Guide is ready for download HERE! This is the second in a series of ten Learning Guides produced by ecoartspace including replicable social practice public art works. Since 2009, Tattfoo Tan has developed S.O.S. to include participation in certification programs for composting, pruning, and community engagement, then… Continue reading S.O.S. ACTION Guide

Congress: Cities, Culture and Sustainability

International City Link Congress Cities, Culture and Sustainability September 12th 2014 in Hamburg / Germany. In a changing world of work and confronted with the consequences of climate and demographic changes, policies that strengthen social coherence are needed. On the background of these changes self-organised initiatives are emerging in many cities that already implement sustainable policies on a project level. Within the frame… Continue reading Congress: Cities, Culture and Sustainability

Notes from Underground: The Depths of Environmental Arts, Culture and Justice

Repost. Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE) Eleventh Biennial Conference, June 23- 27, 2015 University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho THE CONFERENCE WEBSITE (INCLUDING SUBMISSIONS PAGE) WILL BE LIVE IN SEPTEMBER, 2014: www.uidaho.edu/asle   In Notes from Underground (1864), Dostoyevsky explores relations between modernity and its discontents at an important historical conjuncture: the novella’s unnamed, unpleasant… Continue reading Notes from Underground: The Depths of Environmental Arts, Culture and Justice

Cologne – Tag des Guten Lebens “Day of the Good Life”

This Sunday, the streets of Cologne-Ehrenfeld will belong only to its residents. Without traffic and lots of free space for encounters and action. “Tell everyone, talk to your neighbours, this day will be what we make of it and if all of us participate!” There will be no cars in the district of Cologne-Ehrenfeld (cf.… Continue reading Cologne – Tag des Guten Lebens “Day of the Good Life”