Author Archives: Janna Gehrke

Janna is BA-student in cultural sciences at the Leuphana University Lueneburg, and doing a 5-months internship at Cultura21 in the framework of the Leuphana PLUS program. Janna ist Studentin der Angewandten Kulturwissenschaften an der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg und absolviert im Rahmen des Leuphana Plus Programms ein fünfmonatiges Praktikum bei Cultura21.

Visions for Water – Ecological Artists Modeling Solutions for our Challenged Water Systems

New York February 11, 2012 On Saturday, February 11, 2012, ecoartspace presents the panel discussion Visions for Water at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, NYC (USA). In the discussion ecological artists like Lillian Ball, Jackie Brookner, Betsy Damon and Aviva Rahmani try to model solutions for the challenged water systems. The panel [...]

A Time-Lapse Map of Every Nuclear Explosion Since 1945

by Isao Hashimoto A beautiful but undeniably scary timelapse-map of nuclear explosions by Japanese artist Isao Hashimoto can be seen in the following video. It shows with sound and numbers the 2053 nuclear explosions which have taken place between 1945 and 1998. Hashimoto started the project in 2003 in order to show “the fear and [...]

Opportunity: Wetlands in Taiwan

Taiwan Artists from all countries are encouraged to send a proposal for a site-specific outdoor sculpture installation in Cheng Long, a small rural village near the southwestern coast of Taiwan in Kouhu Township, Yunlin County. After the 2010 and 2011 Cheng Long Wetlands International Environmental Art Projects there will be a residency in Taiwan from [...]

AAAS Annual Meeting in Vancouver – discussing “Science, Sustainability, and the Arts”

Vancouver, B.C. (Canada) February 16-20, 2012 The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is an international non-profit organization and the world’s largest general scientific society. Its mission is to “advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all people” by serving as an educator, leader, spokesperson and professional association. [...]

Call for submissions: Next idea grant

    Austria The Ars Electronica Linz GmbH in Linz/Austria welcomes submissions for the “next idea grant” 2012. Every year Ars Electronica awards prizes to artistic works in the field of media arts in the following seven different categories: Computer Animation / Film / VFX Interactive Art Digital Musics & Sound Art Hybrid Art Digital [...]

Partnering for the Climate: An Artist/Scientist Mixer

New York, The Noguchi Museum Sunday, February 12, 2012, 3 pm In times of climate change and global warming individuals as well as communities are confronted with fragmented, confusing and often overwhelming news and data about these themes. In order to make sense of these facts the largely disconnected linking between art, research and the [...]

SURVIVAL OF THE BEAUTIFUL (USA)

New York (USA) February 25th, 2012 An All-Day Wonder Cabinet On Saturday, February 25th, 2012 from 10:45 am till 9:30 pm, the New York Institute of the Humanities and The New Jersey Institute of Technology present SURVIVAL OF THE BEAUTIFUL at the NYU’s Cantor Film Center in New York. David Rothenberg talks with scientists and [...]

Survival of the Beautiful: Art, Science, and Evolution (UK)

with David Rothenberg and Jay Griffiths Watershed, Bristol (UK) 16 February 2012, 19.30-20.30 On the 16th of February 2012 David Rothenberg talks with scientists and artists about his new book Survival of the Beautiful, which examines the interplay of beauty, art, and culture in evolution. In it the philosopher and musician Rothenberg deals with the [...]

Exhibition: Ruth Wallen – Cascading Memorials

La Jolla, California January 7 – February 11, 2012 Until February the 11th, the exhibition Cascading Memorials: Urbanization and Climate Change in San Diego County can be seen at the Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, California.

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 [...]

Workshop/Conference: Volunteering in times of crisis

Valencia March 2 and 3, 2012 RECREATURA is a non-profit organisation supporting innovative and creative art projects in order to support an active European citizenship. The two-day conference concerning “Volunteering in times of crisis” takes place on March 2 and 3, 2012 and aims to promote volunteering in European cities. Against the backdrop of the [...]

Designing for the Divide: A Conference on Community Action Across Lines of Difference

West Virginia University March the 23rd & 24th, 2012 In almost every issue concerning for example governance, the environment, economic development or healthcare, the lacking ability to communicate, cooperate and compromise obstructs the successful and effective addressing of challenges. This conference aims to present ideas that help build a bridge in order to reduce social [...]

Land Art Generator Initiative design competition

New York The Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) aims at designing public art installations that have an additional benefit of large scale clean energy generation. Each sculpture can continuously distribute clean energy into the electrical grid and thus potentially provide power to thousands of homes. In 2012 the Land Art Generator Initiative holds a design [...]

ECOPSYCHOLOGY & NATURAL CHANGE COURSES in 2012

Scotland The purpose of the ecoSelf project is for people to find a sense of ecological identity and based on that to live in ecological balance. In order to find this ecological identity, people have to face the fact that humankind is part of the Earth’s wider ecology, thus stands in constant interdependence with nature. [...]