In parallel to the “Radius of Art” conference, the Heinrich Boell Foundation published 2 essays dealing with art and cultural transformations toward sustainability. Both essays can be obtained (in print versions) from the foundation and (in electronic PDF versions) from the website of the foundation: – Sacha Kagan. Toward Global (Environ)Mental Change: Transformative Art and… Continue reading Two essays published at the Heinrich Boell Foundation
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2 Live video streams from the Radius of Art Conference
Berlin, Germany – and online, Febr. 8-9 The Radius of Art international conference, at the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Berlin on February 8th and 9th 2012, is covering 4 thematic windows: “Art for Social Transformation”, “Public Art”, “Art toward Cultures of Sustainability” and “Cultural Policy Strategies and Funding Structures”. Further information (and the conference program)… Continue reading 2 Live video streams from the Radius of Art Conference
Invitation to participate in an Earth Forum with Shelley Sacks
Berlin 20th-24th of February, 2012 Within the framework of the Citizen Art Days Shelley Sacks offers twice a day the possibility to take part in an Earth Forum „Social Sculpture“ Process at the Freies Museum_öffentlicher Raum Berlin. From February 20th to 24th, in each case from 11 am to 2 pm and 3 to 6… Continue reading Invitation to participate in an Earth Forum with Shelley Sacks
SurVivArt – Art for the Right to a Good Life
Berlin 7th to 24th of February 2012 From the 7th to the 24th of February the exhibition SurVivArt – Art For the Right to a «Good Life» takes place at the galleries Mikael Andersen and Meinblau in Berlin. International artists from Ethiopia, Cambodia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Thailand and the Czech Republic were invited to do a… Continue reading SurVivArt – Art for the Right to a Good Life
Conference: Probing the Skin
Jena 24th to 26th of April 2013 From April the 24th to April the 26th 2013 the conference “Probing the Skin: Cultural representations of Our Contact Zone” takes place at the Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena. The organizers Prof. Caroline Rosenthal and Prof. Dirk Vanderbeke aks for submission of papers including artistic reflections of skin related themes… Continue reading Conference: Probing the Skin
Opening in Berlin: Climate Walk
Berlin December 4th 2011 Climate Walk is an experimental project in form of an Audio-visual Interactive Installation on “Climate – Culture – Change”, which challenges ecological thought and action. It opens its doors to visitors on December 4th at the “Akademie der Künste” Berlin. The Walk over the Visitor’s Bridge represents the transition into a… Continue reading Opening in Berlin: Climate Walk
The National Circus – a gathering, Berlin
Berlin 27th of October On the 27th of October The National Circus takes place in the Gartenstudio in Berlin. On this occasion poets and storytellers of all kind meet in order to celebrate the ‘being in the moment’ and the beauty of the ephemeral. In this way you are able to find the foundation of… Continue reading The National Circus – a gathering, Berlin
Leuphana Sustainability Summit – Call for Papers
Sustainability: Enabling a Transdisciplinary Approach 29th February – 2nd March 2012 – Leuphana University Lueneburg, Germany The conference focuses on three leading questions: 1. What insights about the role of transdisciplinarity for sustainability transitions have we gained over the last 10 years? 2. What gaps in research still remain? 3. How can we fill these… Continue reading Leuphana Sustainability Summit – Call for Papers
Review of the 1st Cultura21 Forum – “The cultivation of ecology/-ies: Gardens and complexity in rural and urban landscapes”
The following review was written by Janna Gehrke (you can find out more about Janna at the bottom of this post): From the 23rd until the 25th of September the first Cultura21 Forum (by the German platform of Cultura21) took place in the “Studio Kunst und Landschaft” in Hude near Oldenburg in Germany. The forum… Continue reading Review of the 1st Cultura21 Forum – “The cultivation of ecology/-ies: Gardens and complexity in rural and urban landscapes”
Radius of Art Conference
Creative politicization of the public sphere – Cultural potential forces for social transformation February 8th and 9th 2012 – Heinrich Böll Foundation, Schumannstr. 8, Berlin The registration for the international conference „radius of art“ by Heinrich Boell Foundation has been opened: The number of places is very limited, and a selection process will take place. … Continue reading Radius of Art Conference
