Author Archives: Sacha Kagan

Research Associate at the ISCO - Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organization (ISKO - Institut für Soziologie und Kulturorganisation), Leuphana University Lueneburg, Sacha Kagan founded the International level of Cultura21, Network for Cultures of Sustainability, as well as the International Summer School of Arts and Sciences for Sustainability in Social Transformation (ASSiST). The focus of his research and cultural work lies in the trans-disciplinary field of arts and (un-)sustainability. Doctor in Philosophy (Leuphana University Lueneburg) with a thesis on the subject of culture, the arts and sustainability under the perspective of complexity ; M.A. in Cultural Economics (Erasmus University Rotterdam) ; and Graduate of Sciences Po Bordeaux (political sciences). For Cultura21, Sacha is also coordinating the eBooks series, the English section of the webmagazine and the work of our Lueneburg-based interns.

Moveable micro-city to innovate culture of sustainablity

Paint a picture of Europe’s sustainable thinking, knowledge and experiences. That is one of the assignments for a ‘green performing city’, Art-Epi, which will be launched in Denmark on 18 August 2013. The project aims to find new ways of cultivating innovation and development in the sustainable sphere – socially, scientifically, artistically, culturally, tourist- and [...]

ufaFabrik’s 2nd Forum: Creative strategies of sustainability

9th – 14th of September 2013, ufaFabrik, Berlin (Germany) Building on the experience of their first event in 2012 (on which we reported on Cultura21′s webmagazine: click here to read our article in German language) this one-week seminar organized by ufaFabrik in Berlin for cultural operators proposes a common reflection and “a time of intense [...]

Td Summer School 2013: Transdisciplinary Research at the Science | Society Interface

“Td Summer School 2013: Transdisciplinary Research at the Science | Society Interface”  will be held at Leuphana University Lueneburg, Germany, from September 1 – 10, 2013. The Td Summer School 2013 offers a “Td Training Module” (Sep., 1-6) and a Special Training Module in “Constellation Analysis” (Sep., 9-10) in cooperation with the Center for Technology [...]

Artists, Art Communities and Creative Initiatives in the Urban Spaces of Russia and Europe

Open Interdisciplinary Seminar series “Scientific Environment”, 6th meeting of the 2013 spring session  May 14th 2013, Faculty of Sociology, St. Petersburg State University (Russia), ul. Smolnogo 1/3, entrance 9, room 229, 18:00 Speakers:  Sacha Kagan (Leuphana University Lueneburg, and Cultura21): “Creative cities and the challenge of sustainability” Nikita Basov and Anisya Khokhlova (St. Petersburg State University, [...]

Beyond the Surface: Environmental Art in Action

A conference investigating relationships between art and the environment May 31, 2013, 9 am – 5 pm, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia (USA) Bringing artists & arts professionals to Philadelphia to explore ways art can create environmental awareness while restoring ecological systems. With: Lillian Ball, Sam Bower, Jenny Laden, Stacy Levy, Amy Lipton, Eve Mosher, Frances [...]

This is not a video camera

TEDx talk by Chris Lunch (founder of InsightShare) about “participatory video”, which is an interesting way to do participatory action research (and which he discusses in the context of development projects): Find out more about his work at http://www.insightshare.org/

Maya Lin: Here and There

Apr 26, 2013 – Jun 22, 2013, at Pace Gallery, in New York (USA) New work by Maya Lin exploring her longtime interest in environmental issues, including rising currents and climate change, and expanding her engagement with natural and geographic forms. Click here for the gallery’s website An article on the exhibition was published in [...]

CAL FESTIVAL – 20 + 21 June 2013, Utrecht, Holland

Utrecht (the Netherlands) Celebrates Peace with Community Arts – A two?day symposium at which Dutch artists join their colleagues from Afghanistan, Palestine, Guatemala, Peru, Rwanda, Serbia, Northern Ireland and elsewhere to explore what connects them. According to Eugene van Erven (University of Utrecht): “Probably the most complete gathering of artists working in war zones around [...]

Disappearance as work in progress: Approaches to ecological romanticism

Part of the Maldives pavilion in Venice Bienniale 2013 Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 6 pm – 9 pm, Khoj Studios terrace, S – 17, Khirki Extension, New Delhi (India) Khoj International Artists’ Association and Ravi Agarwal present an evening discussion addressing critical artistic practices that can help recover multiple ecologies and rethink ideas of progress. [...]

New Directions in Social Ecology: From Climate Action to Housing Justice

San Francisco (USA),  June 12th – 22nd 2013 Each year, the Institute for Social Ecology hosts intensive seminars for students, activists, and community leaders to come together to explore sets of dynamic and urgent social and ecological issues. They are partnering with the California Institute for Integral Studies based in the SOMA district. Classes will [...]

Paddling Theater on the Minnesota River

Theater in canoes as part of the Minnesota River History Weekend &Minnesota State Water Trails 50th Anniversary On May 18, 2013, PlaceBase Productions and performers from the Upper Minnesota River Valley area (in the USA) will stage a Paddling Theater Production on the Minnesota River as part of Minnesota River History Weekend and Minnesota State [...]

CSPA Quarterly: 10th Issue

The Center for Sustainable Practices in the Arts released the tenth issue of its quarterly online magazine. It contains content from contributors who were part of their first issue, along with a few new perspectives. Click here to read more

Uranium Film Festival starts soon in Rio de Janeiro

51 films from 20 different countries will be screened between May 16th and May 26th 2013 in the cinema of Rio de Janeiro´s famous Modern Art Museum (MAM). The International Uranium Film Festival is an annual festival dedicated to all films, short and feature documentaries, movies and animated films about nuclear energy, atomic bombs, nuclear [...]

Exhibition: Trouble the Water

Legion Arts, 1103 Third Street SE Cedar Rapids, IA (USA), May 3 – June 16 2013 Legion Arts presents an exhibit in which a dozen contemporary artists from around the world explore issues related to water: droughts and floods, climate events and climate change, as well as the economics, distribution, uses and scarcity of this [...]