This free eBook, edited by Päivi Simi and Outi Toumela, is the main publication of the long term project of the same title, taking place in Southern Finland and Estonia from 2009 to 2012. The focus of the project lies in raising awareness and spreading knowledge on the use of healthier materials as well as… Continue reading eBook: Promoting natural materials
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Multispecies Intra-Actions: A Round Table with Karen Barad
On the 17th November from 10:45AM to 12:30 PM (PST) at the SOMArts centre in San Francisco the public is invited to participate in a roundtable discussion with Karen Barad, currently Professor of Feminist Studies, Philosophy, and History of Consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a diverse panel of researchers ranging from… Continue reading Multispecies Intra-Actions: A Round Table with Karen Barad
No Longer the Miner´s Canary
We need to learn to adapt to the environmental crises we have created. Zoltán Grossman’s article No Longer the Miner’s Canary: Indigenous Nations’ Response to Climate Change published on Terrain.org argues that there are significant lessons to learn from indigenous peoples. These lessons focus on community building and sharing knowledge amongst communities, thus empowering people.… Continue reading No Longer the Miner´s Canary
Portrait project: This Earth in my Bones
This Earth in my Bones is a collection of 25 individual portraits by Canadian eco-artist Jeane Fabb. In 2009 and 2010 she interviewed and photographed different women throughout the Laurentian region of Québec to explore women´s connection with the natural environment. From the website: The overall project (exhibitions, conferences, web site) aims to make visible,… Continue reading Portrait project: This Earth in my Bones
COAL Prize Art and environment 2013 – Call for proposals
Theme: Adaption The Coal Prize Art and Environment rewards each year a project by a contemporary artist involved in environmental issues. Its goals are to promote and support the vital role which art and creation play in raising awareness, supporting concrete solutions and encouraging a culture of ecology. The winner is selected out of ten… Continue reading COAL Prize Art and environment 2013 – Call for proposals
Eat your view – The Landscape of our food
An interesting research project, organized by the Diepenheim art society, is taking place throughout this year in Diepenheim, NL. Jeroen van Westen, visual artist and participant in this artistic study shortly describes it: Eat your view has its focus on how our food is related to our landscape. If food builds our body and mind,… Continue reading Eat your view – The Landscape of our food
Call for abstracts: Mediating Modernity in the 21st Century – Rethinking and Remembering?
This festival, taking place from the 24th-25th January 2013 in Bangalore, India, organized by the Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore, India and the School of Arts and Communication, Malmo University, Sweden is inviting abstract entries till the 20th November 2012. This festival brings together artists, academics, activists and other media and cultural… Continue reading Call for abstracts: Mediating Modernity in the 21st Century – Rethinking and Remembering?
The Sun behind the Clouds
A meditation about the sky by Ettore Favini and He-He Parco Arte Vivente´s (PAV) 2012 art program, dedicated to the Ethos of the living, is being concluded with the dual-person show The Sun behind the Clouds by Ettore Favini and the Anglo-German duo He-He (Helen Evans, UK and Heiko Hansen, D). The exhibition, curated by… Continue reading The Sun behind the Clouds
The Yes Men Are Revolting
The Yes Men, Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonnano, known for their satirical interventions at business events, on the internet, television, and in the streets, and famous for their award-winning documentaries “The Yes Men”(2004) and “The Yes Men Fix the World”(2009) are in the process of directing a new movie “The Yes Men Are Revolting” to… Continue reading The Yes Men Are Revolting
Exhibition at Kunstverein Springhornhof
The Simple Life 28 October–16 December, 2012 – Opening: Saturday, 27 October, 5pm; artist talk with Angela Bulloch 6pm Kunstverein & Stiftung Springhornhof – Tiefe Straße 4, D-29643 Neuenkirchen (Germany) With: Angela Bulloch, Josephine Meckseper, Shana Moulton, Simon Starling and winners of the Daniel Frese Prize 2012 Fabian Reimann and Niko Wolf The exhibition The… Continue reading Exhibition at Kunstverein Springhornhof
