Category: Nature

Nature’s Toolbox: Biodiversity, Art, and Invention

May 22 – December 02, 2012 The Field Museum, Chicago  Harnessing technology and inspired by nature’s amazing design concepts, Nature’s Toolbox features innovative, eye-capturing contemporary art which helps visitors understand and appreciate the life-or-death interdependence between the 10-20 million species on earth – including humans – and the quality of the environment we share.  … Continue reading Nature’s Toolbox: Biodiversity, Art, and Invention

Burning Ice #5 – We the Gardeners…

From June 5th to 9th 2012, the Kaaitheater is holding the fifth Burning Ice festival in Brussels (Belgium) This year the festival revolves around art and ecology and brings together performing artists, scientists and other experts. The programme comprises performances, exhibitions, inspiring study days and talks. The theme of Burning Ice#5 is ‘We Are the… Continue reading Burning Ice #5 – We the Gardeners…

Monday May 28th: Walking the Universe Story in Manchester, U.K.

The Cosmic Walk is a ritual created by Sr. Miriam MacGillis of Genesis Farm. It has subsequently been modified and facilitated by many people around the world.  What does 14,000,000,000 mean to you? By measuring out some of the important events in the development of the universe on a route where distance is an analogue… Continue reading Monday May 28th: Walking the Universe Story in Manchester, U.K.

Fear Me No More: Performance, Activism and Permaculture

A free workshop with the Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination Hamburg, Kampnagel – August 2012. Held as part of Kampnagel’s Summer Festival in Hamburg, the workshop is Act 1 of What is Enough? the Labofii’s 16th experiment. At the end of the workshop, participants will have the chance to perform in a live piece of art… Continue reading Fear Me No More: Performance, Activism and Permaculture

Be a gathering! The Natural Circus trainings, Spring 2012

‘I am movement and stillness at the same time’ The Natural Circus trainings are a body and movement practice (and maybe a bit more), embedded in an understanding that ‘nothing lasts, nothing is finished, nothing is perfect’. Situated in a powerful natural environment, they are playful gatherings beyond the human(-centered) perspective that may help realize… Continue reading Be a gathering! The Natural Circus trainings, Spring 2012

Opportunity to make work at Teaneck Creek

The Ecoart Committee of the Teaneck Creek Conservancy in Teaneck, NJ seeks proposals from ecoartists or ecoartist teams to create an ecoartwork in 2012-13. The Teaneck Creek Conservancy is a 46-acre eco-park within Bergen County’s 1,200-acre Overpeck Park, this property is being reclaimed and rehabilitated as wetland habitat and for positive public use through a… Continue reading Opportunity to make work at Teaneck Creek

Collapse: The Cry of Silent Forms

Brandon Ballengée – Collapse: The Cry of Silent Forms May 5 – July 31 (extended) 2012 Visual artist and biologist Brandon Ballengée will exhibit sculptural installations and photographs at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts in his first major solo exhibition in New York. The exhibition, entitled “Collapse: The Cry of Silent Forms”, consists of three bodies… Continue reading Collapse: The Cry of Silent Forms

White Mountain National Forest & Arts Alliance of Northern NH Invite Applications for 2012 WMNF Artist-in-Residence Program

Artists in all media are invited to apply for the 2012 White Mountain National Forest (WMNF) Artist-in-Residence program The program, a collaboration between the WMNF and the Arts Alliance of Northern New Hampshire, seeks to highlight the ways the arts can be used to explore and interpret the forest environment and forest-related issues. The residency… Continue reading White Mountain National Forest & Arts Alliance of Northern NH Invite Applications for 2012 WMNF Artist-in-Residence Program