Category: Activities

Eros and Cosmocracy: Birthing a Holistic Ecology

An event in New York City, Wednesday, April 27, 2011 | 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Heyman Center for the Humanities, East Campus, 2nd Floor Common Room “Environmentalist discourse about the fate of the planet too often proceeds binaristically: science or metaphysics; anthropocentric or anti-human; progress or apocalypse. This symposium seeks… Continue reading Eros and Cosmocracy: Birthing a Holistic Ecology

Call for Proposals of Wishful Thinking

Write a proposal to a US government agency – Deadline: 1st of May. As self-declared Artists in Residence for the US Government, the Institute for Wishful Thinking (IWT) believes that the community of artists and designers possesses untapped creative and conceptual resources that could be applied to solving social problems. With this in mind they invite… Continue reading Call for Proposals of Wishful Thinking

“GROW_ABILITY” Exhibition in Riga, Latvia

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

“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

Open Engagement Conference 2011

May 13th – 15th 2011 in Portland, Oregon The free conference fosters both local, national and international dialogue and partnerships around socially engaged art making. This year’s Open Engagement sets out to discuss various perspectives on art and social practice. Five themes will be in focus of conversations, interviews, open reflection on experiences, and related projects… Continue reading Open Engagement Conference 2011

Ashden Directory & Ashdenizen launch new project to find metaphors for sustainabilty

By Another Name: New Metaphors for Sustainability To launch the Ashden Directory and Ashdenizen’s major new project on metaphors for sustainability, a new DVD was just released, devised and directed by Wallace Heim. “Sustainability is a concept without strong or imaginative metaphors. Over the next months, we’ll ask artists, scientists, activists and cultural commentators to… Continue reading Ashden Directory & Ashdenizen launch new project to find metaphors for sustainabilty

CSPA Supports Announces Round ONE Recipient

Reposted from sustainablepractice.org The CSPA congratulates the first recipient of a CSPA Supports MicroGrant:  Matthias Neumann and the Public Office for Architecture. Public Office for Architecture (POA) is a collaborative project situated at MoKS, Center for Arts and Social Practice in Mooste, Estonia.  POA is an artistic practice conceived as a a nomadic architecture office. … Continue reading CSPA Supports Announces Round ONE Recipient

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