The documentary Gasland released in 2010, which portrayed the devastating effects of a method of drilling into shale gas formations called hydraulic fracturing or “fracking”, in rural american communities, garnered mostly positive reviews from film critics and newspapers but also negative responses by fracking lobbyists. The latter resulted in the launch of a website called… Continue reading Promised Land – Fracking arrives in Hollywood
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Out Now – CSPA Q9: Science/Art
The latest CSPA Quarterly issue on Science/Art features a preview of the CSPA Fusebox Festival study, writing from Sarah Moon and Alyce Santoro, a report from Moe Beitiks on the first annual Moscow Science Art Conference, and an excerpt from Lina Weintraub’s new book. “Through this issue, we explore the connection and complex relationship that… Continue reading Out Now – CSPA Q9: Science/Art
Shifting Baselines Residency and Exhibition Project
Gallery Talk & Exhibition Opening Monday, January 7, 2013 – 6pm @ Santa Fe Art Institute Shifting Baselines Exhibition January 8 – 25 – Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm @ Santa Fe Art Institute Shifting Baselines, an exhibition curated by ecoartspace founder Patricia Watts, opening on the 7th of January, 2013, will show existing… Continue reading Shifting Baselines Residency and Exhibition Project
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?
Art installation (removal) leads to controversy at Wyoming University
British environmental artist Chris Drury´s art installation Carbon Sink: What Goes Around Comes Around created back in July 2011 on the Wyoming university campus, was originally intended to inspire a conversation about a prevalent environmental problem in the region. Global warming has, so scientists say, led to less pine beetles dying off by below zero… Continue reading Art installation (removal) leads to controversy at Wyoming University
Drawing the line
As reported in The New Yorker, eco-artist Eve Mosher was more or less forcefully reminded of one of her older projects by the more recent catastrophic event, Hurricane Sandy. Back in 2007 over the course of six months, she drew a line of chalk through Brooklyn representing 10 feet above see level. Comparing the results… Continue reading Drawing the line
TRASH exhibition at the New Children’s Museum
How do we decide what is trash? How does your trash impact the lives of others? How can we imagine new possibilities, and a new future for our trash? The current exhibition at the contemporary art center New Children’s Museum in San Diego, running from October 2012 for 2 years, aims to educate especially children… Continue reading TRASH exhibition at the New Children’s Museum
Multispecies Intra-Actions: A Round Table with Karen Barad
On the 17th November from 10:45AM to 12:30 PM (PST) at the SOMArts centre in San Francisco the public is invited to participate in a roundtable discussion with Karen Barad, currently Professor of Feminist Studies, Philosophy, and History of Consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a diverse panel of researchers ranging from… Continue reading Multispecies Intra-Actions: A Round Table with Karen Barad
iLand’s 2012 iLAB Resident Update – Follow the Water Walks
Follow The Water Walks will host members of the Bronx community (NY, USA) in an interactive walk from the top of the watershed in East Tremont to the Bronx River. During the week of October 15, along the way they will explore water flow, game-play and the body as an instrument for mapping and measurement.… Continue reading iLand’s 2012 iLAB Resident Update – Follow the Water Walks
Call for Papers: Feminism, Science & Materialism conference
The Center for the Study of Women in Society and the Committee on Interdisciplinary Science Studies at the Graduate Center are organizing a conference on Feminism, Science & Materialism, taking place at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, from Feburary 14-15, 2013. The conference will focus on looking with feminist perspectives on the… Continue reading Call for Papers: Feminism, Science & Materialism conference
