Bangkok, until March 18, 2012 The British Council in Bangkok in collaboration with the Thailand Creative and Design Center (TCDC) presents the exhibition “Everything Forever Now: Designs for a sustainable future”, a showcase of new approaches and innovations in sustainable design by contemporary designers and architects. More information on Culture360.org: Click here
Category: Activities
Urban Furrows
As part of Maribor 2012, European Capital of Culture, the “Urban Furrows” programme includes several projects such as “Sustainable Local Supply” (promoting short economic circuits between food production and consumption), a seed library for local plant species and the “Rhizome collective” aiming to empower immigrants and jobless workers, among other projects. Read more on Culture360.org:… Continue reading Urban Furrows
Some of the videos from the Radius of Art conference
This is a selection of videos focusing on the conference introduction and on the thematic window “Art toward Cultures of Sustainability” at the Radius of Art conference (Berlin, Feb. 8-9 2012). This specific thematic window was organized by the Heinrich Boell Foundation in collaboration with Cultura21.
The Slave Business and Its Material and Moral Hinterlands in Continental Europe
Conference at the International Slavery Museum, Liverpool (UK), April 20-22, 2012 The history of transatlantic slavery is one of the most active and fruitful fields of historical research worldwide. As scholarship in this field is increasingly global, it opens up unique possibilities for international collaboration. More particularly, the most recent research which looks beyond the… Continue reading The Slave Business and Its Material and Moral Hinterlands in Continental Europe
Open Call: Camp Pixelache 2012, 11-13 May, Helsinki
Pixelache Helsinki is a transdisciplinary platform for experimental art, design, research and activism. They are organising this year a more compact edition of their annual festival, called ‘Camp Pixelache’ during on 11-13 May 2012, based on previous Camp Pixelache experiments. The main venue for the event is Arbis, the Swedish-language adult education centre located close… Continue reading Open Call: Camp Pixelache 2012, 11-13 May, Helsinki
5×5 Project of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
District of Columbia (USA) March 5 to April 27, 2012 The temporary public art project 5×5 of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities was established in order to result in twenty-five public art installations in different locations in the District of Columbia this spring. Five highly-experienced and innovative contemporary art curators were selected… Continue reading 5×5 Project of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Visions for Water – Ecological Artists Modeling Solutions for our Challenged Water Systems
New York February 11, 2012 On Saturday, February 11, 2012, ecoartspace presents the panel discussion Visions for Water at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, NYC (USA). In the discussion ecological artists like Lillian Ball, Jackie Brookner, Betsy Damon and Aviva Rahmani try to model solutions for the challenged water systems. The panel… Continue reading Visions for Water – Ecological Artists Modeling Solutions for our Challenged Water Systems
2 Live video streams from the Radius of Art Conference
Berlin, Germany – and online, Febr. 8-9 The Radius of Art international conference, at the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Berlin on February 8th and 9th 2012, is covering 4 thematic windows: “Art for Social Transformation”, “Public Art”, “Art toward Cultures of Sustainability” and “Cultural Policy Strategies and Funding Structures”. Further information (and the conference program)… Continue reading 2 Live video streams from the Radius of Art Conference
A Time-Lapse Map of Every Nuclear Explosion Since 1945
by Isao Hashimoto A beautiful but undeniably scary timelapse-map of nuclear explosions by Japanese artist Isao Hashimoto can be seen in the following video. It shows with sound and numbers the 2053 nuclear explosions which have taken place between 1945 and 1998. Hashimoto started the project in 2003 in order to show “the fear and… Continue reading A Time-Lapse Map of Every Nuclear Explosion Since 1945
Opportunity: Wetlands in Taiwan
Taiwan Artists from all countries are encouraged to send a proposal for a site-specific outdoor sculpture installation in Cheng Long, a small rural village near the southwestern coast of Taiwan in Kouhu Township, Yunlin County. After the 2010 and 2011 Cheng Long Wetlands International Environmental Art Projects there will be a residency in Taiwan from… Continue reading Opportunity: Wetlands in Taiwan
