Aquatopia

20 July–22 September 2013, The Imaginary of the Ocean Deep, Nottingham Contemporary, UK Aquatopia is a major exhibition of contemporary and historic art and artefacts that explores how the ocean deep has been imagined across cultures and through time to the present day. The exhibition and the accompanying book reveal how human cultures have projected their sexual desires,… Continue reading Aquatopia

Workshop – Slow Wing

 August 17th & 18th 2013, Slow Wing, Australia The Dark Mountain Project  in collaboration with Latorica presents Slow Wing, a weekend of storytelling from the deep. Slow Wing is being held in Byron Bay Australia, as a satellite workshop of the Uncivilisation Festival, happening on the same weekend  in the UK. Led by transdisciplinary artists Ilka Blue & Cherise… Continue reading Workshop – Slow Wing

Two sustainable art shows

August 3nd – October 30th, Arte SusteMobile, Hamburg / RE-ART t(W)oo, Otterndorf (Germany) Arte SusteMobile  is an art and design exhibition which focuses on sustainable traffic and mobility. Some of the themes exhibited are : art in public transport, innovative means of public transport, human powered vehicles, flying and driving with hydrogen and solar power, solar airships, bionic… Continue reading Two sustainable art shows

Ten meditations inspired by Harri Laakso

June 2013, Otherwise than Knowing, Juha Varto “My colleague Harri Laakso suggested in one of his presentations that we should stop talking about the different types of knowing and admit, or even emphatically argue, that in art we are dealing with something that is “otherwise-than-knowing”. These meditations stem from the frenzied thinking and discussion going on… Continue reading Ten meditations inspired by Harri Laakso

Merz DIY 13 summer school

 21st July – 4th August 2013, at Cylinders Estate, Elterwater, Cumbria (UK) Merz DIY is a residential summer school for artists and an experimental space for interdisciplinary practices as part of a temporary creative community. This year the working title is Thinkers Builders Dwellers. Inspired by a presentation from DIY 12 guest speaker Tordis Berstrand, Merz… Continue reading Merz DIY 13 summer school

Reflections on power and powerlessness

June 13–August 4, 2013, POWERLESSNESS, A SITUATION. DEMOCRACIA, REVOLUTIE & POLIZEY, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany POWERLESSNESS, A SITUATION is an experimental project consisting of two corresponding exhibitions, DEMOCRACIA and REVOLUTIE curated by Holger Kube Venturaas well as an accompanying discursive laboratory POLIZEY in cooperation with the Frankfurt University and Felix Trautmann. A Spanish and a Romanian artist group (Democracia,… Continue reading Reflections on power and powerlessness

The Green Boat

June 2013 The Green Boat : Reviving Ourselves in Our Capsized Culture,  Mary Pipher Mary Pipher, clinical psychologist, is exploring how to conquer our fears about the major environmental issues that confound us and transform them into a positive force in our lives. She emphasizes the importance of taking small, positive steps to preserve what’s important, drawing from… Continue reading The Green Boat

AAPKI SADAK – Exhibition

15 – 19 July, 2013, Khoj Studios, New Delhi (India) Using art as a medium for communication and exchange Aapki Sadak facilitated several community based projects that addresses the local children as well as the older residents. AAPKI SADAK is a consultative project of urban design by architects, designers and artists and the local community for… Continue reading AAPKI SADAK – Exhibition

100 Thousand Poets for Change

September 28th 2013 Poets around the USA, and across the planet, gathered in a celebration of poetry to promote serious social, environmental, and political change : ” The first change is for poets, writers, musicians, artists, anybody, to actually get together to create and perform, educate and demonstrate, simultaneously, with other communities around the world.” The… Continue reading 100 Thousand Poets for Change

Seminar : “Cities, culture and future”

September 2-6, 2013, in Buenos Aires, Argentina The city of Buenos Aires, co-president of the Committee on culture of UCLG, organises an international seminar to discuss and to update the conceptual bases of our work. The seminar considers the current contents of Agenda 21 for culture, and will analyse the challenges laid out by the… Continue reading Seminar : “Cities, culture and future”