November 14th, 2011 MIT (USA) “In the aftermath of the disaster suffered in Japan, MIT launched the MIT Japan 3/11 Initiative, a multi-year collaborative project focused on disaster-resilient planning, design and reconstruction. Back from the first MIT Japan 3/11 workshop which took place this summer, Shun Kanda and Jim Wescoat will discuss the process and… Continue reading “MIT japan 3/11 initiative”
Category: Nature
Review of the 1st Cultura21 Forum – “The cultivation of ecology/-ies: Gardens and complexity in rural and urban landscapes”
The following review was written by Janna Gehrke (you can find out more about Janna at the bottom of this post): From the 23rd until the 25th of September the first Cultura21 Forum (by the German platform of Cultura21) took place in the “Studio Kunst und Landschaft” in Hude near Oldenburg in Germany. The forum… Continue reading Review of the 1st Cultura21 Forum – “The cultivation of ecology/-ies: Gardens and complexity in rural and urban landscapes”
Sensory Worlds: Environment, Value and the Multi-Sensory
7th-9th December, 2011; Edinburgh „What contribution can sensorially-engaged Humanities make to environmental thinking and action?“ The conference „Sensory Worlds“ wants to examine the multi-sensory and will reflect upon the historical, contemporary and possible future relations between the senses (from balance to taste to the haptic and beyond). It aims to allow generously for both formal… Continue reading Sensory Worlds: Environment, Value and the Multi-Sensory
Lofoten Whale Festival
Henningsvaer, Norway; August 1st – 6th, 2011 We all know about the beauty of the largest animal on Earth, but still the whale lives under constant existential fear. Often, human beings do not see how important parts of the ecosystem are being threatened because the used medium for environmental communication is not attractive enough. The… Continue reading Lofoten Whale Festival
Book launch – “The Book of Ice”
at EYEBEAM – 540 W. 21st Street, (between 10th and 11th Aves) New York City – Wednesday, July 13, 2011, 6:00-9:00 pm free entry The Book of Ice – in a few days, this part of a graphic design project will be published in New York by its author Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky.… Continue reading Book launch – “The Book of Ice”
Symposium: “Animal Ecologies in Visual Culture”
Reposted from: www.antennae.org.uk/Symposium The symposium on October 8th 2011 at University College London proposes an exploration of artistic practices involved with animals and environments. In the recent re-surfacing of the animal in contemporary art, emphasis has been given to mammals, mainly because of the most immediate relational opportunities that these animals offer to us. However, a number… Continue reading Symposium: “Animal Ecologies in Visual Culture”
Exhibition: “On the Metaphor of Growth”
Reposted from: www.kunstverein-hannover.de Until June 26, 2011 in Hannover, Germany As a concept initially associated with biology, “growth” suggests something natural. However, if one follows the concept of growth as a metaphor borrowed from biology, one additionally encounters a second side that usually negates the metaphorical use. Organic growth is consistently defined by a natural border;… Continue reading Exhibition: “On the Metaphor of Growth”
Conference: “People and Nature in Mountains”
21st to 23rd September 2011, Trondheim, Norway Abstract submission deadline: 15th June. This conference will address how archaeology and cultural history can be integrated with long-term and contemporary ecology to understand landscape dynamics and underpin sustainable management and conservation of both cultural heritage and biodiversity in mountain environments. For more information visit: www.ntnu.no/vitenskapsmuseet/peopleandnature.
“Imperishable Water” and the Question of Development
Reposted from poieinkaiprattein.org Field workshop from 29th of May until 5th of June 2011 in Rhodes, Greece Departure: 29th of May 2011, 19.00 from the Port of Piraeus with the Blue Star Ferries. On the occasion of the World Environment Day, June 5th 2011, this field trip aims at combining artistic, philosophical and environmental approaches… Continue reading “Imperishable Water” and the Question of Development
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
