July 1st, 2013 : Registration now open August 19-20, 2013 at Southern Theater, Minneapolis, MN. The first U.S. national Sustainability in Theater conference was presented by the Minnesota Theater Alliance and the Twin Cities Sustainable Theaters Group at Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis, April 30 and May 1, 2012. Compared to 2012’s gathering, the 2013 event… Continue reading Sustainability in Theater Unconference
Spinterfields : Biochymickal Arts
September 13, 2013, Splinterfields Workshops, Brussels Splinterfields is an initiative of several Brussels-based organisations (Constant, FoAM, nadine and OKNO) active in the fields of ecological, technological and media arts to foster collaborative, agile and flexible learning. The programme of workshops, study groups and field-tests is open to artists, designers, technologists and other generalists curious to explore… Continue reading Spinterfields : Biochymickal Arts
“The Artist Who Talks With the Fishes” NYtimes
June 28th 2013 Natalie Jeremijenko is an artist and engineer, whose background includes studies in biochemistry, physics, neuroscience and precision engineering. She is currently an Associate Professor at New York University in the Visual Art Department in Computer Science and Environmental Studies and an active member of the net.art movement . Her work explores the interface between… Continue reading “The Artist Who Talks With the Fishes” NYtimes
Making Sense : Fifth Annual Colloquium
July 12, 2013, ‘The Six Senses of Art’, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York “Making Sense” is a collective of artists and thinkers who assemble to create a vital, international forum that crosses between modes of thinking and doing. The project engages both the senses and the intellect and embraces a range of different perspectives and… Continue reading Making Sense : Fifth Annual Colloquium
Aesthetics and ethics in Environmental Change
June 2013 Aesth/Ethics in Environmental Change, Hiking through the arts, ecology, religion and ethics of the environment, Sigurd Bergmann, Irmgard Blindow, Konrad Ott (Eds.) ” Can aesthetics and ethics be integrated for the good of habitats, places and spaces? How can arts widen our perception of nature and deepen environmental ethics? Should the political meaning of… Continue reading Aesthetics and ethics in Environmental Change
Call for papers :“No meaning without a frame”
April 22-26, 2014, “Framing Nature: Signs, Stories, and Ecologies of Meaning” Deadline for sending abstracts : 01 October 2013 This conference is organized by the European Association for the Study of Literature, Culture, and the Environment (EASLCE) biennial conference and hosted by the Department of Semiotics at the University of Tartu in cooperation with the… Continue reading Call for papers :“No meaning without a frame”
Cape Farewell’s Sea Change programme
The Rural Artist Residencies has kicked off! Dorset, Uk Cape Farewell is creating a series of Rural Artist Residencies. Artists will be invited on to the Rural Residencies programme to engage diverse, wide-reaching audiences with the local narratives of Sydling St. Nicholas in Dorset. The idea is to involve the local community, encouraging neighbours and villagers to… Continue reading Cape Farewell’s Sea Change programme
Art and Ecology?
May 17-8 September 2013, Make active choices. Art and ecology : How? , Museum of Modern Art Freiburg is particularly involved in ecological issues; as a “Green city” it takes part in current discussions about sustainable development. In this dynamic, artists can bring new ideas : by getting involved, infiltrating, polemicising, reinterpreting and offering alternatives.For the exhibition… Continue reading Art and Ecology?
Healing Walk!
July 5-6, 2013, The 4th Annual Healing Walk near Fort McMurray Alberta (Canada) A DIFFERENT WAY TO PROTECT OUR LAND, AIR, WATER AND CLIMATE FROM TAR SANDS EXPANSION Over the past decade First Nations communities, non-native communities, scientists, politicians, and others are recognizing that the expansion of the tar sands is betraying the human responsibility to… Continue reading Healing Walk!
How can we continue to put food on our tables?
The Biospheric Project, Urban farm, laboratory, research centre, Manchester International Festival, UK 4 – 21 July 2013, This summer, MIF and the Biospheric Foundation will be opening the doors to The Biospheric Project for the first time to share the transformation of a post industrial building into a thriving, green growing space and offer a… Continue reading How can we continue to put food on our tables?
