WATERWASH and the Zen Art of Sustainability

Workshop with the New York artist Lillian Ball (in English) March 1st 2015, from 2:30pm to around 6pm Künstlerhaus Hannover, Maestrosaal, Sophienstraße 2, 30159 Hanover (Germany) Participation is free of charge but only by pre-registration (limited to 26 persons) at  janika.millan@hannover–stadt.de Organized by the Department of Cultural Organization at the Leuphana University Lueneburg, in collaboration… Continue reading WATERWASH and the Zen Art of Sustainability

Opportunity: Proposals for Green Capital 2015

Reposted from Creative Carbon Scotland Green Capital is an annual award designed to promote and reward the efforts of cities to improve the environment. In 2015 the Green Capital status has been awarded to Bristol and is being coordinated by Bristol 2015.A Partnership Steering Group has formed which is made up of 16 different thematic… Continue reading Opportunity: Proposals for Green Capital 2015

Aquatopia

20 July–22 September 2013, The Imaginary of the Ocean Deep, Nottingham Contemporary, UK Aquatopia is a major exhibition of contemporary and historic art and artefacts that explores how the ocean deep has been imagined across cultures and through time to the present day. The exhibition and the accompanying book reveal how human cultures have projected their sexual desires,… Continue reading Aquatopia

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… Continue reading Paddling Theater on the Minnesota River

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… Continue reading Exhibition: Trouble the Water

Fish Story Talk and Artmaking Workshop in Memphis, TN (USA)

A pre-opening event for Memphis Social, at Crosstown Arts – Organizer: Aviva Rahmani, ecological artist Address: 427 N Watkins St, Memphis, TN 38138 (USA) – Date: Monday, May 6, from 6 pm to 7:30 pm Where do the lives of fish and people meet in Memphis? An evening of talk and artmaking will map the… Continue reading Fish Story Talk and Artmaking Workshop in Memphis, TN (USA)

The Fargo Project: Jackie Brookner at TEDxFargo City 2.0

For humans to survive, ecological artist Jackie Brookner says it is not enough to change the ways we fuel, feed, entertain and shelter ourselves. Something much more basic has to happen. We need to mainstream a different understanding of who we are, as individuals and as a species. She calls this “the being of human,”… Continue reading The Fargo Project: Jackie Brookner at TEDxFargo City 2.0

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

Water, Water Everywhere

Water, Water Everywhere, a traveling media exhibition about diverse water issues, is being shown from August 1st to December 31st at Los Gatos Art Museum in the US (click here for details) and will be next at Upez African Humanitarian Development Project, Lagos, Nigeria (October 27 & 28). More information on the exhibition website

Betsy Damon’s Water Rules-Life

Eco-artist Betsy Damon’s work Water Rules-Life will be exhibited as part of Feminist and…, organized by Guest Curator Hilary Robinson at the Mattress Factory Art Museumin Pittsburgh (USA). This exhibition, open from September 7th 2012 to May 26th 2013, aims to “show that feminism is not a single-issue set of politics but rather a multi-vocal,… Continue reading Betsy Damon’s Water Rules-Life