June 13–August 4, 2013, POWERLESSNESS, A SITUATION. DEMOCRACIA, REVOLUTIE & POLIZEY, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany POWERLESSNESS, A SITUATION is an experimental project consisting of two corresponding exhibitions, DEMOCRACIA and REVOLUTIE curated by Holger Kube Venturaas well as an accompanying discursive laboratory POLIZEY in cooperation with the Frankfurt University and Felix Trautmann. A Spanish and a Romanian artist group (Democracia,… Continue reading Reflections on power and powerlessness
Category: Activities
AAPKI SADAK – Exhibition
15 – 19 July, 2013, Khoj Studios, New Delhi (India) Using art as a medium for communication and exchange Aapki Sadak facilitated several community based projects that addresses the local children as well as the older residents. AAPKI SADAK is a consultative project of urban design by architects, designers and artists and the local community for… Continue reading AAPKI SADAK – Exhibition
100 Thousand Poets for Change
September 28th 2013 Poets around the USA, and across the planet, gathered in a celebration of poetry to promote serious social, environmental, and political change : ” The first change is for poets, writers, musicians, artists, anybody, to actually get together to create and perform, educate and demonstrate, simultaneously, with other communities around the world.” The… Continue reading 100 Thousand Poets for Change
Seminar : “Cities, culture and future”
September 2-6, 2013, in Buenos Aires, Argentina The city of Buenos Aires, co-president of the Committee on culture of UCLG, organises an international seminar to discuss and to update the conceptual bases of our work. The seminar considers the current contents of Agenda 21 for culture, and will analyse the challenges laid out by the… Continue reading Seminar : “Cities, culture and future”
Sustainability in Theater Unconference
July 1st, 2013 : Registration now open August 19-20, 2013 at Southern Theater, Minneapolis, MN. The first U.S. national Sustainability in Theater conference was presented by the Minnesota Theater Alliance and the Twin Cities Sustainable Theaters Group at Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis, April 30 and May 1, 2012. Compared to 2012’s gathering, the 2013 event… Continue reading Sustainability in Theater Unconference
Making Sense : Fifth Annual Colloquium
July 12, 2013, ‘The Six Senses of Art’, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York “Making Sense” is a collective of artists and thinkers who assemble to create a vital, international forum that crosses between modes of thinking and doing. The project engages both the senses and the intellect and embraces a range of different perspectives and… Continue reading Making Sense : Fifth Annual Colloquium
Cape Farewell’s Sea Change programme
The Rural Artist Residencies has kicked off! Dorset, Uk Cape Farewell is creating a series of Rural Artist Residencies. Artists will be invited on to the Rural Residencies programme to engage diverse, wide-reaching audiences with the local narratives of Sydling St. Nicholas in Dorset. The idea is to involve the local community, encouraging neighbours and villagers to… Continue reading Cape Farewell’s Sea Change programme
Art and Ecology?
May 17-8 September 2013, Make active choices. Art and ecology : How? , Museum of Modern Art Freiburg is particularly involved in ecological issues; as a “Green city” it takes part in current discussions about sustainable development. In this dynamic, artists can bring new ideas : by getting involved, infiltrating, polemicising, reinterpreting and offering alternatives.For the exhibition… Continue reading Art and Ecology?
Healing Walk!
July 5-6, 2013, The 4th Annual Healing Walk near Fort McMurray Alberta (Canada) A DIFFERENT WAY TO PROTECT OUR LAND, AIR, WATER AND CLIMATE FROM TAR SANDS EXPANSION Over the past decade First Nations communities, non-native communities, scientists, politicians, and others are recognizing that the expansion of the tar sands is betraying the human responsibility to… Continue reading Healing Walk!
How can we continue to put food on our tables?
The Biospheric Project, Urban farm, laboratory, research centre, Manchester International Festival, UK 4 – 21 July 2013, This summer, MIF and the Biospheric Foundation will be opening the doors to The Biospheric Project for the first time to share the transformation of a post industrial building into a thriving, green growing space and offer a… Continue reading How can we continue to put food on our tables?
