Representing uncertainty, July 2nd 2013, London, UK TippingPoint, in partnership with the King’s Cultural Institute, is going to be holding a series of workshops that brings together academics from King’s College London with artists and other interested parties in the wider community. The aim is to explore particular subjects in depth, subjects which are… Continue reading Workshop at King’s College
Fringe Sustainable Production Award
June 3rd 2013 – A Greener Fringe for Edinburgh (Scotland, UK) Applications are now opened for consideration for the 2013 Fringe Sustainable Production Award, designed to reward sustainable practice in the production of an Edinburgh Festival Fringe show. Productions are invited to engage their audiences with sustainability, take responsibility for their environmental impacts, and think… Continue reading Fringe Sustainable Production Award
La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival
June 21 – 23, 2013, Jennifer Monson & friends/NY/Urbana, New York La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival which takes place in different venues and features emerging and seasoned choreographers, reflects La MaMa’s longstanding mission to performance that transcends politics and unifies cultures. For this occasion, Jennifer Monson & friends/NY/Urbana will perform at La MaMa experimental Theatre… Continue reading La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival
New articles about energy alternatives
The Museum of Fetishes, by Nicholas Hildyard and Larry Lohmann Too often, discussions about energy alternatives resemble a visit to a 1950s world’s fair exhibition displaying exhibits of the wonderful technology of the future. Against one wall stand shiny replicas of new green machines – wind turbines, solar panels, fuel cells, hypercars, supergrids – alongside… Continue reading New articles about energy alternatives
Call For the WEAD Magazine : DIRTY WATER
Extended Deadline : July 8th 2013 WEAD seeks proposals for the upcoming issue of the WEAD magazine from artists working with “dirty water” projects. “Rainwater, stormwater, graywater and blackwater are being treated with increasing frequency as important resources. Designers and artists, together with engineers and agencies, are highlighting the presence of water reuse in… Continue reading Call For the WEAD Magazine : DIRTY WATER
The 7th Triennial of Contemporary Art
June 20 – 29 September 2013, Resilience, Organised by the Moderna galerija with Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova,Ljubljana,Slovenia In recent years the concept of resilience has grown out of the global trend of developing sustainability in the societies of the global North. In natural sciences or physics, a resilient body is described as flexible, durable,… Continue reading The 7th Triennial of Contemporary Art
International Conference
19 – 21 June 2013, “Transformation in a Changing Climate”, Oslo, Norway The aim of this conference is to bring together diverse perspectives on transformation, and to generate cutting-edge discussions on deliberate, ethical and sustainable transformation in response to the complex global challenges associated with climate change. The conference will hold a wide range of… Continue reading International Conference
Land Arts Generator Initiative events
June 27- August 30, Arsenal Gallery, Central Park, New York “Our civilization has been built on non-renewable resources and an outmoded presumption that nature is limitless. Certainly art will continue to serve many purposes; however, for artists and designers who choose to engage in what Joanna Macy terms The Great Turning, what is the role… Continue reading Land Arts Generator Initiative events
Ecology and cybernetics towards network society capitalism
June 21-22nd,2013, The World Earth – Conference, in Berlin The exhibition and the conference The Whole Earth are dedicated to the story of the image of the “blue planet”. The project takes its starting point in historical developments in California since the 1960s : using materials from cultural history and artistic works. Curated by Diedrich… Continue reading Ecology and cybernetics towards network society capitalism
More for Less – Design in an Age of Austerity
June 21st, deadline for sending papers! The Cumulus Dublin Conference 2013 proposes, in the deepest recession since the great depression of the1930s to turn the modernist mantra ‘less is more’ on its head as the reduced budgets of governments, business and people demand ‘more for less’, and develop a ‘New Deal’ for design.Vibrant economies are… Continue reading More for Less – Design in an Age of Austerity
