June 12th 2013 in Brunton Theatre,Musselburgh The nature of collaboration, particularly cross-disciplinary, is examined with a view to asking how current models of collaboration function, and ways in which they could be improved. This day-long conference is being organised as part of Steep Trail, an international project set up by Polarcap, Fife Contemporary Art &… Continue reading Steep Trail Conference – Collaboration : Improving the Model
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Artsadmin’s Two Degrees festival
17th – 22th of June 2013 – London Climate, consumerism, community… Two Degrees asks what is broken in our world and what can we do to mend it? The third Two Degrees festival sits somewhere between art and action offering audiences a chance to take part and think about how we can change our future.… Continue reading Artsadmin’s Two Degrees festival
Ecocide
Cathy Fitzgerald published on her blog “An Arts and Ecology Notebook” an interesting long post about enforcing the legal notion of “ecocide”, and about the work of UK legal barrister (and performer of mock trials) Polly Higgins, who defines ecocide as follows: “Ecocide is the extensive damage to, destruction of or loss of ecosystem(s) of… Continue reading Ecocide
JALAN JATI (TEAK ROAD)
On show at the John Hope Gallery Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (UK) until July 7th 2013 The results of three years of research and production, the interdisciplinary exhibition from Singapore, Jalan Jati (Teak Road) opened at the Edinburgh Science Festival on 21 March 2013 and runs at the John Hope Gallery Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh until July 2013. Jalan Jati (Teak Road)… Continue reading JALAN JATI (TEAK ROAD)
Eden3: Trees are the Language of Landscape
Exhibition – April 22 to May 25, 2013 Tent Gallery, in Art Space and Nature – Edinburgh College of Art – Evolution House (corner of Westport and Lady Lawson Street) – Edinburgh, EH1 2LE, Scotland Hours: Tues-Fri 12noon to 4:45PM or by appointment on Saturday. The Collins & Goto Studio presents an on-going series of… Continue reading Eden3: Trees are the Language of Landscape
Competition to Design a Sustainable Theatre now open
Could You Design a Sustainable Theatre? World Stage Design 2013 is a celebration of International performance design from the world of theatre, opera and dance. The event will take place in Cardiff, UK in September 2013, hosted by the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and includes an exhibition as well as public performances… Continue reading Competition to Design a Sustainable Theatre now open
A Climate Change in the Art World?
An interesting article on www.artnews.com, written by Robin Cembalast, gives insight about the impact of Hurricane Sandy on the art community in New York and shows that Sandy could have been the wake-up call for the community to realize that action against climate change is required on their part. Barry Bergdoll, MoMA’s Chief Curator of… Continue reading A Climate Change in the Art World?
Get Fracktious – National Climate March in London
The Campaign against Climate Change, a UK-based group concerned with raising public awareness to human-caused climate change, is organizing a demonstration march through London on Saturday 1st December 2012. The main topic is the expansion of hydraulic fracturing or fracking, a destructive extraction practice of previously un-tappable “shale-gas”, in the UK, which is seen as… Continue reading Get Fracktious – National Climate March in London
The Myth of Apathy: Going Beyond Behaviour Change
17:30 – 19:30 – 20 November 2012 The UCL Energy Institute of the University College London has invited Dr. Renee Lertzman, a strategic communications specialist focusing on the deep psychological dimensions of sustainability, to talk about her current research. In the seminar, Dr. Lertzman, currently teaching at the Royal Roads University in Canada, addresses how… Continue reading The Myth of Apathy: Going Beyond Behaviour Change
launch of ADRIFT – a new project by Cape Farewell
Tom Chivers – Cape Farewell’s Climate Poet-in-Residence Art and climate change organisation Cape Farewell is launching ADRIFT – an interrogation of climate as culture, devised by Cape Farewell’s poet in residence, Tom Chivers (in London, UK). They invite the public for a drink, performance and short film, as Tom Chivers maps the natural territories written… Continue reading launch of ADRIFT – a new project by Cape Farewell
