Tag Archives: France

Art and biodiversity: sustainable art ?

Plastik, a bi-lingual (French-English) online journal on art & science published at Institut Acte (CNRS and Université Paris 1 Sorbonne), is announcing the following open call for articles for its upcoming 4th issue on “Art and biodiversity: sustainable art?” (deadline: June 15, 2013 – the call is also available in French language here): “Interest in ecology [...]

COAL Prize Art and environment 2013 – Call for proposals

Theme: Adaption The Coal Prize Art and Environment rewards each year a project by a contemporary artist involved in environmental issues. Its goals are to promote and support the vital role which art and creation play in raising awareness, supporting concrete solutions and encouraging a culture of ecology. The winner is selected out of ten [...]

Call for Papers: Geography and Art

The International Interdisciplinary Conference on Art and Geography: Aesthetics and Practices of Spatial Knowledges taking place at the University of Lyon, France from February 11-13, 2013 is welcoming proposals till the 30th of October. The conference is at the crossroads of contemporary geography and art. With the latest developments in how space, place and environment [...]

Recycling Games – TerraCycle

TerraCycle creates national recycling systems for previously non-recyclable or hard-to-recycle waste. Anyone can sign up for these programs, called the Brigades, and send them waste. Then, the collected waste is turned into different products and materials available at major retailers. Terracycle encourages teams from the 21 countries where their Brigades operate in to beat their [...]

Conference “Narratives and Building Environmental Responsibility ”

Monday 4 June 2012 – UNESCO House (Paris) The conference is organized in the framework of UNESCO’s activities aimed at fostering debate on the ethics of global environmental change and of science and technology, and at promoting philosophical thinking to elaborate modern paradigms of sustainable human development. One of the founders of environmental ethics and [...]

Be a gathering! The Natural Circus trainings, Spring 2012

‘I am movement and stillness at the same time’ The Natural Circus trainings are a body and movement practice (and maybe a bit more), embedded in an understanding that ‘nothing lasts, nothing is finished, nothing is perfect’. Situated in a powerful natural environment, they are playful gatherings beyond the human(-centered) perspective that may help realize [...]

Plasticities Sciences Arts

“Plasticities Sciences Arts” is an association based in France, operating at the transdisciplinary crossroads of art and science. As expressed by its president, Marc-Williams Debono, “the PSA research group aims at opening new fields of interaction between sciences, arts and humanities. The group has its origins in 1994 when it established a Transdisciplinary network of [...]

Call for Submissions: Horizons – Arts in Nature

France The Horizons – Arts in Nature event will take place between the 16th June and 16th September 2012. It is the 6th of a contemporary art event based on short-lived visual works of art. Managed by the Sancy Tourist Office, the call for projects involves the creation of 11 works of art in the [...]

COAL Prize 2012 – Rural

Call for entries – Open to January 15th 2012 The COAL PRIZE Art&Environment reward each year a project about the environment by a contemporary artist. The winner is chosen by a jury of personalities from the worlds of contemporary art, research, ecology and sustainable development, out of 10 finalists selected from an international call for [...]

COAL Prize 2011

COAL PRIZE ART&ENVIRONMENT 2011: APPLY NOW! Description The COAL Art & Environment prize was launched in 2010 by the French association COAL, the coalition for art and sustainable development, to reward a project about the environment by a contemporary artist.