The “Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination” (LABOFII) is spending the summer in Germany, launching the film/book: Pfade durch Utopia (published by Nautilus) : Aug 24th – Hamburg, Kampnagel, 19.00 Aug 25th – Leipzig, Schaubühne Lindenfels, 20.00 Aug 26th – Belzig, Kino hofgarten, 20.00 Aug 29th – Hamburg, Abaton Kino, 20.00 Aug 31st – Berlin, Sputnik Kino,… Continue reading film/book launch
Category: Literature
Cultura21 eBook Vol. 6: Sustainable Fashion
New Approaches within the Fashion Industries Our 6th volume in the Cultura21 eBooks series – by Rana Öztürk This eBook analyzes current developments in the fashion industries related to the debate on the Cultural and Creative Industries. The author’s approach includes the particularities of the debate about social, economic, aesthetic and anthropological aspects and, lastly,… Continue reading Cultura21 eBook Vol. 6: Sustainable Fashion
“ID”ographs!
“ID”ographs is a drawing activity in which you create your own personally meaningful symbol. It is a publication of ARTSpring, a China-based curatorial hub that brings art practitioners together with organizations that are searching for new ways of carrying out their activities and connecting with people. IDographs was designed as part of an ongoing workshop… Continue reading “ID”ographs!
Out Now CSPA Q8: International Issue – The Sea is Rising
CSPA Quarterly #8 is now available for purchase through MagCloud. CSPA´s third international issue focuses on projects that call attention to topics that extend well beyond national borders. With a focus on interdependence, and an abundance of contributions about water, ice, and sea rise, this issue addresses the space between national borders- our oceans. Featuring… Continue reading Out Now CSPA Q8: International Issue – The Sea is Rising
Sustainia100 – 100 sustainable solutions
Sustainia is a consortium of partners representing civil society, businesses and experts. The concept of “Sustainia” is developed by the Scandinavian think tank Monday Morning in a collaborative effort with global companies and foundations. It is a concept for communicating a sustainable future based on concrete and tangible know-how and technologies – a global collaborative… Continue reading Sustainia100 – 100 sustainable solutions
ALECC 2012 Biennial Conference
The Association for Literature, Environment, and Culture in Canada / Association pour la littérature, l’environnement et la culture au Canada (ALECC) is a non-profit organization focused on the creation, appreciation, discussion, analysis, and dissemination of knowledge about the work of nature writers, environmental writers and journalists, eco-artists of all disciplines, ecocritics, and ecotheorists in Canada.… Continue reading ALECC 2012 Biennial Conference
Readings in Performance and Ecology
Last May, this new book edited by Theresa J. May and Wendy Arons, which focuses on how theatre, dance and other forms of performance are helping to transform our ecological values, was published. This collection of essays helps leading scholars and practitioners explore the ways that familiar and new works of theatre and dance can… Continue reading Readings in Performance and Ecology
Publication: Energising Culture
Earlier this month, Energising Culture was launched; a guide to future energy for cultural buildings, engaging the UK´s cultural leadership with the importance of planning a cleaner, more sustainable energy future for cultural buildings. Energising Culture is authored by Julie’s Bicycle, in partnership with the national advisory body for theatres in the UK, The Theatres… Continue reading Publication: Energising Culture
Nomads Occupy the Global Village: Left Political Art Timeline, 2001-2012
For the last decades, collaborations between art and ecology have become more popular as an option to try solving environmental issues, as well as a way of social intervention. You can take a look at the work of several environmental artists in this article by G. Roger Denson, cultural critic and essayist, published by the… Continue reading Nomads Occupy the Global Village: Left Political Art Timeline, 2001-2012
Ernest Callenbach’s last words
Classic environmental novelist Ernest Callenbach, author of Ecotopia, passed away on April 16th 2012 at the age of 83. Shortly after his death, this document, which contains his “Epistle to the Ecotopians: Last Words to an America in Decline” was found: Click here to read the full text.
