Tag: climate change

Arts and Culture in Paris during the COP21

Alongside the 21st UN Climate Conference, COP21, in Paris, several programs involving the arts and culture are going on now. See for example (not an exhaustive list): ARTCOP21: a program of events, artistic interventions, conferences, etc. See http://www.artcop21.com As part of ARTCOP21, will also take place a “Professional Workshop” with 150 invited participants from the… Continue reading Arts and Culture in Paris during the COP21

Artist as Activist: apply now

Robert Rauschenberg Foundation announces new grant opportunity for artists. Application deadline: October 13, 2014 www.rauschenbergfoundation.org The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation announced that it will build on its recent grant-making pilots and for the first time in its history roll out a series of open calls for proposals. Over the next six months, the foundation will announce… Continue reading Artist as Activist: apply now

Carbon Bomb Blows Up Near West Point Military Academy (West Point, New York 2014)

Reposted from http://www.toolsforaction.net/carbon-bomb-blows-up-near-west-point/ This september, a 30-foot carbon bomb blew up in the airspace over the Hudson River in front of West Point Military Academy. An inflatable bomb pressurized with carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and oxygen contained in outer shell of silver radiant barrier foil, the carbon bomb was manufactured as part of a research program… Continue reading Carbon Bomb Blows Up Near West Point Military Academy (West Point, New York 2014)

If the city were a commons

An alternative arts development programme If the city were a commons what would it look like, taste like, sound like, feel like, and smell like? How would artists and other creative individuals develop their skills and hone their practice? Through a series of artists talks, workshops, field trips, residencies, and reading groups, On Site Projects… Continue reading If the city were a commons

Cultures of Sustainability in the Age of Climate Crisis

The four keynote speeches from the international conference “Cultures of Sustainability in the Age of Climate Crisis” held at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Telemark University College in Bø, May 13.-15. (Tue-Thu), 2014, are now available online as video recordings: Watch the speeches This is a follow-up post from https://www.cultura21.net/activities/conferences/cultures-of-sustainability-in-the-age-of-climate-crisis/

WATERWASH Welcomes

Sunday, June 22nd at 12 noon is the opening celebration of five inClimate events of WATERWASH Welcomes. Join ecological artist Lillian Ball for a picnic discussion about the WATERWASH project (2010-2014) and how its native wetland plants mitigate increased storm water pollution. A limited number of participants can also enjoy a rowboat ride with Rocking the Boat program assistants to hear… Continue reading WATERWASH Welcomes

Cultures of Sustainability in the Age of Climate Crisis

Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Telemark University College Bø, May 13.-15. (Tue-Thu), 2014  The aim of the COST Action IS1007 meeting is to provide new perspectives and practical examples of the transformative role of culture for a sustainable future. The symposium will investigate the many ways of integrating perspectives on cultural change, social learning, experience-based training, innovation… Continue reading Cultures of Sustainability in the Age of Climate Crisis

FREE RIVER ZONE – NYC Events

April 29, 2014, 6pm: Exhibition opening Free River Zones: An artistic inquiry with Ravi Agarwal, Bob Braine, David Brooks, Till Krause, Marie Lorenz, and Hilmar Schäfer Goethe-Institut Wyoming Building 5 East 3rd Street New York, NY 10003 Parallel exhibition opening, April 29, 7pm: Unity of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt and the Americas including Mark Dion’s… Continue reading FREE RIVER ZONE – NYC Events

ANTHROPOCENE CAMPUS

Nov. 14-22, 2014 Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin Call for Applications Deadline: May 7, 2014    For doctoral students, post-docs, and actors from the arts, culture, politics, and society with a research orientation More information Online application form With the ANTHROPOCENE PROJECT, HKW seeks to strengthen transdisciplinary debates and studies on the multifarious implications of… Continue reading ANTHROPOCENE CAMPUS