Deadline = August 9th 5th October 2013, Dreams, Revolution and Process : Spatial & temporal approaches to rural sustainability and regeneration, at fforest, Cilgerran, Ceredigion (UK) This interdisciplinary conference aims to respond to a range of material that addresses rural sustainability and regeneration, with a focus on how and why decisions are made at individual, local, community… Continue reading Call for papers!
Author: Marion Wolfer
Marion Wolfer is a French Master student in cultural policy and management at the European Institute of Paris 8 University. She is working on cultural networks. She did an internship at Cutura21 for three months. Marion Wolfer est une étudiante de master I en politiques et gestion de la culture à l´Institut d´études européennes de l´Université de Paris 8. Elle travaille sur les réseaux culturels et a effectué un stage de trois mois au sein de Cultura21.
Call for papers : The aesthetics of sustainability
Deadline : 3rd of August 2013 The symposium will take place on 3rd and 4th of October 2013 at the School of Design and Art at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. The debate will discuss the role of aesthetics in the development of a sustainable world : ” How might an understanding of aesthetics impact upon our understanding of… Continue reading Call for papers : The aesthetics of sustainability
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
Workshop – Slow Wing
August 17th & 18th 2013, Slow Wing, Australia The Dark Mountain Project in collaboration with Latorica presents Slow Wing, a weekend of storytelling from the deep. Slow Wing is being held in Byron Bay Australia, as a satellite workshop of the Uncivilisation Festival, happening on the same weekend in the UK. Led by transdisciplinary artists Ilka Blue & Cherise… Continue reading Workshop – Slow Wing
Two sustainable art shows
August 3nd – October 30th, Arte SusteMobile, Hamburg / RE-ART t(W)oo, Otterndorf (Germany) Arte SusteMobile is an art and design exhibition which focuses on sustainable traffic and mobility. Some of the themes exhibited are : art in public transport, innovative means of public transport, human powered vehicles, flying and driving with hydrogen and solar power, solar airships, bionic… Continue reading Two sustainable art shows
Ten meditations inspired by Harri Laakso
June 2013, Otherwise than Knowing, Juha Varto “My colleague Harri Laakso suggested in one of his presentations that we should stop talking about the different types of knowing and admit, or even emphatically argue, that in art we are dealing with something that is “otherwise-than-knowing”. These meditations stem from the frenzied thinking and discussion going on… Continue reading Ten meditations inspired by Harri Laakso
Merz DIY 13 summer school
21st July – 4th August 2013, at Cylinders Estate, Elterwater, Cumbria (UK) Merz DIY is a residential summer school for artists and an experimental space for interdisciplinary practices as part of a temporary creative community. This year the working title is Thinkers Builders Dwellers. Inspired by a presentation from DIY 12 guest speaker Tordis Berstrand, Merz… Continue reading Merz DIY 13 summer school
Reflections on power and powerlessness
June 13–August 4, 2013, POWERLESSNESS, A SITUATION. DEMOCRACIA, REVOLUTIE & POLIZEY, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany POWERLESSNESS, A SITUATION is an experimental project consisting of two corresponding exhibitions, DEMOCRACIA and REVOLUTIE curated by Holger Kube Venturaas well as an accompanying discursive laboratory POLIZEY in cooperation with the Frankfurt University and Felix Trautmann. A Spanish and a Romanian artist group (Democracia,… Continue reading Reflections on power and powerlessness
The Green Boat
June 2013 The Green Boat : Reviving Ourselves in Our Capsized Culture, Mary Pipher Mary Pipher, clinical psychologist, is exploring how to conquer our fears about the major environmental issues that confound us and transform them into a positive force in our lives. She emphasizes the importance of taking small, positive steps to preserve what’s important, drawing from… Continue reading The Green Boat
AAPKI SADAK – Exhibition
15 – 19 July, 2013, Khoj Studios, New Delhi (India) Using art as a medium for communication and exchange Aapki Sadak facilitated several community based projects that addresses the local children as well as the older residents. AAPKI SADAK is a consultative project of urban design by architects, designers and artists and the local community for… Continue reading AAPKI SADAK – Exhibition
