New York December 16th On Friday, the 16th of December from 1pm-6pm environmental, youth, and social justice groups from all over the world will unite in order to claim a true and lasting change for people and for the planet. Therefore they will take action while the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development preparatory meetings… Continue reading People Unite for the Future We Want
Category: Projects
Lillian Ball: Waterwash ABC
New York Lillian Ball works in New York as an environmental artist and activist. She has a multidisciplinary background in anthropology, ethnographic film, and sculpture, which influences her work. Furthermore she has received numerous awards and has traveled widely due to her international exhibitions. Her latest project Waterwash ABC includes the construction of a wetland… Continue reading Lillian Ball: Waterwash ABC
Opening in Berlin: Climate Walk
Berlin December 4th 2011 Climate Walk is an experimental project in form of an Audio-visual Interactive Installation on “Climate – Culture – Change”, which challenges ecological thought and action. It opens its doors to visitors on December 4th at the “Akademie der Künste” Berlin. The Walk over the Visitor’s Bridge represents the transition into a… Continue reading Opening in Berlin: Climate Walk
Wide Open – Dark Skies Biosphere Residency
Scotland The Dark Skies/ Biosphere Project looks for an artist or designer who is inspired and interested in the scientific aspects and opportunities in Dark Skies and Biosphere and their links to new discoveries in science. The Dark Skies Park has already links with the national astronomical society and other well-informed and exciting… Continue reading Wide Open – Dark Skies Biosphere Residency
Khoj International Residencies and Projects
Khoj International Artists’ Association is an artist led, alternative forum for experimentation and international exchange based in India. It sees its role as an incubator for art and ideas, artistic exchange and dialogue in the visual arts. In the last few years it has developed an active network of artists in South Asia. Applications are… Continue reading Khoj International Residencies and Projects
City of Pieces – an urban festival of creative practices
Bangalore 22nd to 30th of October Maraa, a media and arts collective, invites to City of Pieces, an urban festival of creative practices: City of pieces is a nine day festival that interrogates the violence of the everyday transformation of the city from the perspective of creative practice. This festival marks the third anniversary of… Continue reading City of Pieces – an urban festival of creative practices
The National Circus – a gathering, Berlin
Berlin 27th of October On the 27th of October The National Circus takes place in the Gartenstudio in Berlin. On this occasion poets and storytellers of all kind meet in order to celebrate the ‘being in the moment’ and the beauty of the ephemeral. In this way you are able to find the foundation of… Continue reading The National Circus – a gathering, Berlin
Confluence 2011 – Festival of Indigenous Storytellers
30th of September – 2nd of October, 2011 Fire Flies Ashram, Bangalore/India The “Confluence” invites you to a 3-day event on storytelling, where storytellers from various tribal communities of India will be sharing some of their disappearing myths, legends and stories with a view to build a collective that supports the need for their preservation.… Continue reading Confluence 2011 – Festival of Indigenous Storytellers
SurVivArt – Arts for the Right to a Good Life
The Heinrich Böll Stiftung has started yet another interesting project referring to arts and sustainability. Artists from six mainly southern countries are invited to discuss the meaning of the right to a good life. Based on the fact that our daily lives and our ways of achieving a “good life” always influence the environment in… Continue reading SurVivArt – Arts for the Right to a Good Life
Kumasi Biennial Symposium: Community Arts in Focus
July 16th until August 6th 2011 in Ghana The Curio Kiosks project of the first Kumasi Symposium was a successful attempt to bring international contemporary art to the general public in Sub-Sahara Africa, who might not normally come to art galleries and museums. How can the scope of this project be broadened? How can the rural… Continue reading Kumasi Biennial Symposium: Community Arts in Focus
