Reposted from the website of Khoj International Artists’ Association (India) In Context:public.art.ecology Art Talks @ The Reading Room D-42 Defence Colony, New Delhi 110024 – Friday, 18th March 2011, 5:00 pm- 6:30 pm A discussion on the intersection of Art,Ecology and Science by Biologist & Physicist Dr. Mukund Thattai and Philosopher & Physicist Dr. Sundar… Continue reading Art Talks @ The Reading Room
Author: Sacha Kagan
Research Associate at the ISCO - Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organization (ISKO - Institut für Soziologie und Kulturorganisation), Leuphana University Lueneburg, Sacha Kagan founded the International level of Cultura21, Network for Cultures of Sustainability, as well as the International Summer School of Arts and Sciences for Sustainability in Social Transformation (ASSiST). The focus of his research and cultural work lies in the trans-disciplinary field of arts and (un-)sustainability. Doctor in Philosophy (Leuphana University Lueneburg) with a thesis on the subject of culture, the arts and sustainability under the perspective of complexity ; M.A. in Cultural Economics (Erasmus University Rotterdam) ; and Graduate of Sciences Po Bordeaux (political sciences).
For Cultura21, Sacha is also coordinating the eBooks series, the regular updates on our multi-lingual website, the English section of our webmagazine and the work of our Lueneburg-based interns.
H20: The Art of Conservation
This post comes to you from Green Public Art / Reposted from the CSPA website H20: The Art of Conservation May 6 – November 12, 2011 at The Water Conservation Garden 12122 Cuyamaca College Drive West, El Cajon, CA 92019 This unique exhibition, curated by Green Public Art, offers San Diego homeowners an artistic alternative… Continue reading H20: The Art of Conservation
The Culture of Climate Change
The 10th Annual Nature Ecology Society Colloquium Click here for the programme schedule Visit the event organizers website at http://opencuny.org/nature/
Designers Accord “Town Hall’ Brighton UK
Reposted from CSPA website What actions can we take to design a more sustainable future?’ Thursday, March 10, 2011 from 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM (GMT), University Of Brighton, Grand Parade, BN2 OJY Brighton, United Kingdom We are educators, learners, architects, economists, ecologists, activists, filmmakers, photographers, graphic, communication, business, product, fashion, textiles, interior, landscape, systems… Continue reading Designers Accord “Town Hall’ Brighton UK
‘Marbh Chrios – DeadZones’: Softday’s Lovely Weather climate art project in Ireland
Margaret Mc Laughlin, fine artist, has attended and written about an innovative sound work that was performed in Mooney’s boatyard, Killybegs, Co. Donegal, Ireland, on the 16th of October 2010. The work was part of the Donegal County Council’s Lovely Weather Art and Climate Change Public Art Programme (2009-10) . The project was co-curated by… Continue reading ‘Marbh Chrios – DeadZones’: Softday’s Lovely Weather climate art project in Ireland
How-to guides for arts organizations to reduce carbon footprint
Julie’s Bicycle (UK) regularly releases online publications, including a recent one developed with the Mayor of London and Frieze Art Fair, on the visual arts. This is one of a series of ‘how to’ guides across artforms. Starting with work in 2007 that looked at the Greenhouse Gas emissions of the UK Music Industry, Julie’s… Continue reading How-to guides for arts organizations to reduce carbon footprint
The Sustainable City and the Arts
Update: the deadline for the abstracts submission for the ESA (European Sociological Association) Conference in Geneva has been extended until March 8th 2011. Call for Papers for the Research Stream which will take place in the forthcoming conference of the European Sociological Association from 7. to 10. of Sept. 2011 in Geneva.
Lectures and presentations available on video
READY TO CHANGE: An Experimental Forum on Culture and Social Innovation in Europe and in the Med Area An event organized in Ljubljana (Slovenia), 2–4 December 2010, within the framework of the Sostenuto project “Thinking culture as a factor of economic and social innovation” Direct link to the videos of the lectures and presentations held… Continue reading Lectures and presentations available on video
Networking the arts to save the Earth
Cathy Fitzgerald, film-maker and author of ecoartnotebook.com, has completed a research paper on the “sometimes under-utilised potential of online art and ecology networks“: Online social networks are a recent global phenomenon of the last five years. This paper considers the value and under-realised potential of online social networks that connect cultural practitioners and organisations who… Continue reading Networking the arts to save the Earth
The Art of Ecology – Transdisciplinary Research In Practice
A symposium at the 2011 World Conference of the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) SER2011 WORLD CONFERENCE ON ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION – Merida, Mexico – August 21-25, 2011 – Re-establishing the Link between Nature and Culture Please submit abstracts (see link below) indicating the title of the symposium and the name of David Haley, as session… Continue reading The Art of Ecology – Transdisciplinary Research In Practice
