Emergence: The Document! Creative industries play an important role in the process of developing a sustainable future for the planet, but often there is a lack of ideas and practical solutions on the way to this more sustainable future. The partnership project between Volcano and Cynnal Cymru-Sustain Wales supported by Arts Council Wales and British… Continue reading Emergence: The Document!
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High Arctic Film Weekend
London December 3/4, 2011 On December the 3rd and 4th, the National Maritime Museum in London hosts the High Arctic Film Weekend. In parallel, the High Arctic exhibition is shown at the National Maritime Museum until the 13th of January 2012, too. The weekend of Arctic films complements it by featuring a range of documentaries,… Continue reading High Arctic Film Weekend
Caroline Tisdall talks to Miranda Sawyer
London 8th of December 2011 What does Beuys mean now? This question is asked by Miranda Sawyer (feature writer an radio critic for The Observer and music reviewer for Newsnight an The Culture Show) to photographer Caroline Tisdall, who has been a close friend and collaborator of the German artist Joseph Beuys. 25 years after… Continue reading Caroline Tisdall talks to Miranda Sawyer
The animal gaze returned
London From the 27th of October until the 11th of November the School of Fine Art at the Cass invites to the exhibition „The animal gaze returned“ at the London Metropolitan University. The focus of the exhibition is on animality and the interspecific, that active social space between and among different species; new representations of… Continue reading The animal gaze returned
Sensory Worlds: Environment, Value and the Multi-Sensory
7th-9th December, 2011; Edinburgh „What contribution can sensorially-engaged Humanities make to environmental thinking and action?“ The conference „Sensory Worlds“ wants to examine the multi-sensory and will reflect upon the historical, contemporary and possible future relations between the senses (from balance to taste to the haptic and beyond). It aims to allow generously for both formal… Continue reading Sensory Worlds: Environment, Value and the Multi-Sensory
Symposium: “Animal Ecologies in Visual Culture”
Reposted from: www.antennae.org.uk/Symposium The symposium on October 8th 2011 at University College London proposes an exploration of artistic practices involved with animals and environments. In the recent re-surfacing of the animal in contemporary art, emphasis has been given to mammals, mainly because of the most immediate relational opportunities that these animals offer to us. However, a number… Continue reading Symposium: “Animal Ecologies in Visual Culture”
‘Pool – Creative City Projects
What does “pool” in “Liverpool” stand for? It is the goal of ‘Pool to explore, reveal and celebrate the origins of the city of Liverpool and in so doing to contemplate and influence the city’s future. Through walks, picnics, celebrations, conferrings and positive documentation, ‘Pool works with communities in Liverpool to raise awareness about the ecology and social… Continue reading ‘Pool – Creative City Projects
UK Green Film Festival
The UK Green Film Festival is a not-for-profit, national film festival showcasing films and filmmakers engaging with environmental and climate change themes that challenge, inspire, educate and entertain. Featured films include: The Age of Stupid, Vanishing of the Bees, Fields of FuelGasLand, With Landscape in Mind, Plastic Planet, Planeat, and The Pipe. Films will be… Continue reading UK Green Film Festival
Exhibition: “Spaghetti Junctions”
Reposted from www.sustainablepractice.org Exhibition until 29 May 2011 in London In 1979 former American President Jimmy Carter inaugurated a solar installation on the roof of the West Wing of the White House. This symbol of his pioneering energy policy was removed seven years later by the Ronald Regan administration. Through video, sculptural-recreation, text and archive material the artists… Continue reading Exhibition: “Spaghetti Junctions”
Unconference: “Re-Rooting Digital Culture”
13th of May at the University of Westminster Over the last decade the awareness of anthropogenic climate change has emerged in parallel with global digital communication networks. By their very nature, the new tools, networks and behaviours of productivity, exchange and cooperation between humans and machines grow and develop at an accelerated rate. The transdisciplinary panel will… Continue reading Unconference: “Re-Rooting Digital Culture”
