Aquatopia

20 July–22 September 2013, The Imaginary of the Ocean Deep, Nottingham Contemporary, UK Aquatopia is a major exhibition of contemporary and historic art and artefacts that explores how the ocean deep has been imagined across cultures and through time to the present day. The exhibition and the accompanying book reveal how human cultures have projected their sexual desires,… Continue reading Aquatopia

Project seeks to map and reduce ocean noise pollution

In an effort to reduce the undocumented and unlimited rising of oceanic noise pollution, the US government is completing the first phase of a project by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which seeks to document human-made noises in the ocean and transform the results into the world’s first oceanic sound maps. The first results… Continue reading Project seeks to map and reduce ocean noise pollution

Out Now CSPA Q8: International Issue – The Sea is Rising

CSPA Quarterly #8 is now available for purchase through MagCloud. CSPA´s third international issue focuses on projects that call attention to topics that extend well beyond national borders. With a focus on interdependence, and an abundance of contributions about water, ice, and sea rise, this issue addresses the space between national borders- our oceans. Featuring… Continue reading Out Now CSPA Q8: International Issue – The Sea is Rising

Etienne de France – Tales of a Sea Cow

2012, March 30 to June 24 – Parco Arte Vivente, Torino (Italy) Curated by Annick Bureaud – Opening: March 29 at 6.30 pm In a finis terrae like scenery – rarefied, cold and blurring – takes place the story of a scientific team engaged in a field research across the seas of Iceland and Greenland,… Continue reading Etienne de France – Tales of a Sea Cow

‘Marbh Chrios – DeadZones’: Softday’s Lovely Weather climate art project in Ireland

Margaret Mc Laughlin, fine artist, has attended and written about an innovative sound work that was performed in Mooney’s boatyard, Killybegs, Co. Donegal, Ireland, on the 16th of October 2010. The work was part of the Donegal County Council’s Lovely Weather Art and Climate Change Public Art Programme (2009-10) . The project was co-curated by… Continue reading ‘Marbh Chrios – DeadZones’: Softday’s Lovely Weather climate art project in Ireland