Tag: Asia

JALAN JATI (Teak Road) Or the Secret Lives of Forest Products

A Contemporary Art & Ecology Exhibition on Tropical Forests, Wood & Humans, Using DNA Timber Tracking Technology By the Migrant Ecologies Project, Singapore The project traces the “memories” of a teak bed purchased in 21 century Singapore back to the site in the region from which the teak tree originated with the help of DNA… Continue reading JALAN JATI (Teak Road) Or the Secret Lives of Forest Products

Chiang Mai Now!

Exhibition presenting Chiang Mai through visions of contemporary cultures April 7th – June 19th, 2011 – 9th Floor, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Thailand Chiang Mai Now! is the exhibition presenting Chiang Mai through contemporary visions. Curated by Angkrit Ajchariyasophon, the exhibition puts forward unique perspectives of 12 artists and contemporary cultural activists. Chiang Mai… Continue reading Chiang Mai Now!

Art Talks @ The Reading Room

Reposted from the website of Khoj International Artists’ Association (India) In Context:public.art.ecology Art Talks @ The Reading Room D-42 Defence Colony, New Delhi 110024 – Friday, 18th March 2011, 5:00 pm- 6:30 pm A discussion  on the intersection of  Art,Ecology and Science by Biologist & Physicist Dr. Mukund Thattai and  Philosopher & Physicist Dr. Sundar… Continue reading Art Talks @ The Reading Room

Extended workshop report now released on Sustainable Creative Cities: the role of the arts in globalised urban contexts

an extended report from the workshop organized at the ASEF CCS4 Conference (ASEM8 Summit) The extended report (59 pages) is now available: click here for download (PDF file). This longer report contains detailed discussions from the workshop exchanges, as well as several ‘good practice’ cases and further reflections elaborated by workshop participants in the couple… Continue reading Extended workshop report now released on Sustainable Creative Cities: the role of the arts in globalised urban contexts

Sustainable creative cities report is online

Please find below a weblink and direct link to a PDF file, released by the ASEF (Asia Europe Foundation) about the publication, today, of the short report from a workshop on “sustainable creative cities” organized as part of the ASEF Conference alongside the 8th Asia-Europe Summit of Heads of States in early October. We are… Continue reading Sustainable creative cities report is online

Creating Cities: Culture, Space and Sustainability

The conference Creating Cities: Culture, Space and Sustainability, which will take place from 25 to 27 February 2010, investigates the forces that shape the conditions of urban development and the creation of cities in comparative and interdisciplinary perspective. In recent years, the notion of the „creative city“ has become a guiding framework for thinking about… Continue reading Creating Cities: Culture, Space and Sustainability