Until May 8th at RIXC Gallery “Grow_Ability” is an interdisciplinary art e xhibition that explores issues of “food as energy”. The exhibition features three installations. Super Meal by the Swedish artist Erik Sjödin draws attention to the aquatic plant Azolla – one of the worlds fastest growing plants, which is a rich source of nutrients,… Continue reading “GROW_ABILITY” Exhibition in Riga, Latvia
Category: Exhibitions
“Edward Burtynsky: Oil” at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Exhibition until July 3rd; Symposium on May 6th and 7th The images of the exhibition Edward Burtynsky: Oil explore the hotly-debated effects of oil extraction and our international dependency on the substance. The symposium in May brings together top scientific and arts industry experts for two days of discussion about essential issues of oil, planetary sustainability, and the energy options available… Continue reading “Edward Burtynsky: Oil” at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
IN CONTEXT: PUBLIC.ART.ECOLOGY II
Open Studio Day: 1st April 2011; Time: 6:00 pm onwards; Venue: KHOJ Studios and Select CITYWALK, Saket (India) Projects on view: KHOJ Court by Ackroyd & Harvey (UK); My Love Is An Icy Cold Fever by Navin Thomas (India); Unpacking Social Networks by Partik Sagar (India); Econnect+ Love Motel for Insects by Ecohaven Project+ Brandon… Continue reading IN CONTEXT: PUBLIC.ART.ECOLOGY II
GRID + Flow : Philadelphia and Beyond
Mapping and Reimagining Urban Ecologies through the Arts and Humanities An Interdisciplinary Symposium hosted by Temple University, April 7-8, 2011 Kiva Auditorium, Main Campus, Philadelphia (USA) Keynote Speaker: Timothy Morton, author of The Ecological Thought (2010), Ecology without Nature (2007).
Nurturing Nature
There are still some weeks left to visit the exhibition Nurturing Nature which runs through April 16th at OSilas Gallery on the campus of Concordia College in Bronxville NY. Artists in the exhibition include: Eva Bakkeslett, Norway; Vaughn Bell, Seattle; Susan Benarcik, NYC; Michele Brody, NYC; Jackie Brookner NYC; Linda Bryne NYC; Xavier Cortada, Miami… Continue reading Nurturing Nature
JALAN JATI (Teak Road) Or the Secret Lives of Forest Products
A Contemporary Art & Ecology Exhibition on Tropical Forests, Wood & Humans, Using DNA Timber Tracking Technology By the Migrant Ecologies Project, Singapore The project traces the “memories” of a teak bed purchased in 21 century Singapore back to the site in the region from which the teak tree originated with the help of DNA… Continue reading JALAN JATI (Teak Road) Or the Secret Lives of Forest Products
Chiang Mai Now!
Exhibition presenting Chiang Mai through visions of contemporary cultures April 7th – June 19th, 2011 – 9th Floor, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Thailand Chiang Mai Now! is the exhibition presenting Chiang Mai through contemporary visions. Curated by Angkrit Ajchariyasophon, the exhibition puts forward unique perspectives of 12 artists and contemporary cultural activists. Chiang Mai… Continue reading Chiang Mai Now!
Oil Spill: Information Gulf exhibition / panel discussion
Santa Fe Art Institute (Tipton Hall), Friday, March 25, 18:00 Panelists: Riki Ott, Aviva Rahmani, and Debbie Fleming Caffery, moderated by Patricia Watts will discuss the spill, its aftermath, and the role of the arts as tellers/revealers of truth. There will be a webcast component and connection to the GULF to GULF project as well… Continue reading Oil Spill: Information Gulf exhibition / panel discussion
Sierra Nevada: An Adaptation
If you are in New York and haven’t already seen it, there’s still some days left to visit a currently running exhibition: Sierra Nevada: An Adaptation, by Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison, at the Feldman Gallery in New York (NY, USA) until March 26. Gallery hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10-6. Monday by appointment. Gallery… Continue reading Sierra Nevada: An Adaptation
U-n-f-o-l-d. A Cultural Response to Climate Change
Art exhibition and various events at Columbia College Chicago – March 14–April 23, 2011 Museum of Contemporary Photography (600 South Michigan Avenue) – Glass Curtain Gallery (1104 South Wabash Avenue), Chicago, IL (USA) U-n-f-o-l-d. A Cultural Response to Climate Change presents the work of twenty-five artists who participated in Cape Farewell expeditions to the Andes… Continue reading U-n-f-o-l-d. A Cultural Response to Climate Change
