In parallel to the “Radius of Art” conference, the Heinrich Boell Foundation published 2 essays dealing with art and cultural transformations toward sustainability. Both essays can be obtained (in print versions) from the foundation and (in electronic PDF versions) from the website of the foundation: – Sacha Kagan. Toward Global (Environ)Mental Change: Transformative Art and… Continue reading Two essays published at the Heinrich Boell Foundation
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Open Call: Camp Pixelache 2012, 11-13 May, Helsinki
Pixelache Helsinki is a transdisciplinary platform for experimental art, design, research and activism. They are organising this year a more compact edition of their annual festival, called ‘Camp Pixelache’ during on 11-13 May 2012, based on previous Camp Pixelache experiments. The main venue for the event is Arbis, the Swedish-language adult education centre located close… Continue reading Open Call: Camp Pixelache 2012, 11-13 May, Helsinki
5×5 Project of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
District of Columbia (USA) March 5 to April 27, 2012 The temporary public art project 5×5 of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities was established in order to result in twenty-five public art installations in different locations in the District of Columbia this spring. Five highly-experienced and innovative contemporary art curators were selected… Continue reading 5×5 Project of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Visions for Water – Ecological Artists Modeling Solutions for our Challenged Water Systems
New York February 11, 2012 On Saturday, February 11, 2012, ecoartspace presents the panel discussion Visions for Water at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, NYC (USA). In the discussion ecological artists like Lillian Ball, Jackie Brookner, Betsy Damon and Aviva Rahmani try to model solutions for the challenged water systems. The panel… Continue reading Visions for Water – Ecological Artists Modeling Solutions for our Challenged Water Systems
2 Live video streams from the Radius of Art Conference
Berlin, Germany – and online, Febr. 8-9 The Radius of Art international conference, at the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Berlin on February 8th and 9th 2012, is covering 4 thematic windows: “Art for Social Transformation”, “Public Art”, “Art toward Cultures of Sustainability” and “Cultural Policy Strategies and Funding Structures”. Further information (and the conference program)… Continue reading 2 Live video streams from the Radius of Art Conference
A Time-Lapse Map of Every Nuclear Explosion Since 1945
by Isao Hashimoto A beautiful but undeniably scary timelapse-map of nuclear explosions by Japanese artist Isao Hashimoto can be seen in the following video. It shows with sound and numbers the 2053 nuclear explosions which have taken place between 1945 and 1998. Hashimoto started the project in 2003 in order to show “the fear and… Continue reading A Time-Lapse Map of Every Nuclear Explosion Since 1945
Opportunity: Wetlands in Taiwan
Taiwan Artists from all countries are encouraged to send a proposal for a site-specific outdoor sculpture installation in Cheng Long, a small rural village near the southwestern coast of Taiwan in Kouhu Township, Yunlin County. After the 2010 and 2011 Cheng Long Wetlands International Environmental Art Projects there will be a residency in Taiwan from… Continue reading Opportunity: Wetlands in Taiwan
AAAS Annual Meeting in Vancouver – discussing “Science, Sustainability, and the Arts”
Vancouver, B.C. (Canada) February 16-20, 2012 The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is an international non-profit organization and the world’s largest general scientific society. Its mission is to “advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all people” by serving as an educator, leader, spokesperson and professional association.… Continue reading AAAS Annual Meeting in Vancouver – discussing “Science, Sustainability, and the Arts”
Call for submissions: Next idea grant
Austria The Ars Electronica Linz GmbH in Linz/Austria welcomes submissions for the “next idea grant” 2012. Every year Ars Electronica awards prizes to artistic works in the field of media arts in the following seven different categories: Computer Animation / Film / VFX Interactive Art Digital Musics & Sound Art Hybrid Art Digital… Continue reading Call for submissions: Next idea grant
Extension of the Call for Papers – Sociology of the Arts – Artistic Practices
Two months ago we published on our website a call for papers for the next conference of the Research Network Sociology of the Arts, at the European Sociological Association, which will take place in Vienna from 5 to 8 September 2012. The focus of the conference will be on artistic practices. The call for papers… Continue reading Extension of the Call for Papers – Sociology of the Arts – Artistic Practices
