Category: Nature

“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

Materials, Objects, Environments – A HotHouse Workshop on Ecological Thinking

Reposted from www.projetcoal.org 19 & 20 May 2011; Lowy Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia What is ecological thinking and how does it transform the way we understand materials, objects and environments? Participants of this HotHouse workshop are invited to brainstorm about a future exhibition project on hyperobjects for the new gallery complex at the… Continue reading Materials, Objects, Environments – A HotHouse Workshop on Ecological Thinking

Nurturing Nature

There are still some weeks left to visit the exhibition Nurturing Nature which runs through April 16th at OSilas Gallery on the campus of Concordia College in Bronxville NY. Artists in the exhibition include: Eva Bakkeslett, Norway; Vaughn Bell, Seattle; Susan Benarcik, NYC; Michele Brody, NYC; Jackie Brookner NYC; Linda Bryne NYC; Xavier Cortada, Miami… Continue reading Nurturing Nature

Land Arts of the American West

Reposted from the CSPA website Apply: UNM IS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2011 FALL PROGRAM. Land Arts of the American West is an ongoing experiment in an interdisciplinary model for an Arts pedagogy based in place. The Land Arts program provides students with direct, physical engagement with a full range of human interventions in the… Continue reading Land Arts of the American West

Two environmental philosophy blogs

The following two environmental philosopher’s blogs provide regular posts with interesting views and analyses on themes such as emergence, ecocriticism, ecocinema and others: Timothy Morton ‘s blog (the author of Ecology without Nature): http://ecologywithoutnature.blogspot.com/ Adrian J Ivakhiv’s blog “immanence – thinking the form, flesh & flow of the world: ecoculture, geophilosophy, mediapolitics”: http://blog.uvm.edu/aivakhiv/

Hydromemories: Call for examples of artists working with water

Reposted from eco/art/scot/land Hydromemories is seeking to build up an archive of artists working with water.  The site already contains a number of interesting examples, to which one might add: Betsy Damon, Keepers of the Waters, Liz Ogilvie’s Bodies of Water amongst other works, Anne Bevan’s Source amongst other works, Common Ground’s Confluence and other… Continue reading Hydromemories: Call for examples of artists working with water

4X4 Dance Body And The Environment

18th – 29th April 2010 With Guest Artists: Jennifer Monson, Simon Whitehead and Angus Balbernie 4×4 is an eleven-day event on the theme of dance, body and the environment for dance or movement artists, choreographers and artists working in related art-forms. “Somewhere in the midst of ‘sustainability’ lies an inspiring vision of transformation. As movement… Continue reading 4X4 Dance Body And The Environment

Slow Networks – iLAND’s Third Annual Symposium

March 25-26, 2011, hosted by the Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts Slow Networks: Discovering the urban Environment Through Collaborations in Dance and Ecology Slow Networks is an open forum exploring new methods of understanding urban ecosystems through innovative collaborations between practitioners of movement, science, and environmental management. iLAND cultivates a deeper… Continue reading Slow Networks – iLAND’s Third Annual Symposium

H20: The Art of Conservation

This post comes to you from Green Public Art / Reposted from the CSPA website H20: The Art of Conservation May 6 – November 12, 2011 at The Water Conservation Garden 12122 Cuyamaca College Drive West, El Cajon, CA 92019 This unique exhibition, curated by Green Public Art, offers San Diego homeowners an artistic alternative… Continue reading H20: The Art of Conservation