Call for papers: Arts, Humanities, and Complex Networks

2nd Leonardo satellite symposium at NetSci2011 http://artshumanities.netsci2011.net/ DEADLINE FEB 7 2011 The aim of the symposium is to foster cross-disciplinary research on complex systems within or with the help of arts and humanities. The symposium will highlight arts and humanities as an interesting source of data, where the combined experience of arts, humanities research, and… Continue reading Call for papers: Arts, Humanities, and Complex Networks

Symposium on Music – Conflict – Transformation

9th and 10th May 2011, SocArts, University of Exeter, UK Call for contributions In the past decade there has been a growing interest in music and social conflict both inside and outside academia. Interdisciplinary research from music sociologists, ethnomusicologists, music psychologists and musicologists has focused on music’s dual use, both as a resource for conflict… Continue reading Symposium on Music – Conflict – Transformation

Violentine’s Day (what is the price of Love?)

Exhibition, public interventions, graffiti, interactive performances, documentary film screening, and public discussions Visit the project’s website: click here Objective The goal of “Violentine’s Day” is to raise awareness about how our everyday lifestyles are tied into the global economy. Using the means of art to investigate the reality behind Valentine’s Day, this project will make… Continue reading Violentine’s Day (what is the price of Love?)

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.

Aesthetic Education and Poetic Imagination: key tools for social and ecological change

Dr. Wolfgang Zumdick Monday 21 February    4 – 7.30 pm  (Oxford Brookes Univ. Buckley Bdg, Room BG01) As part of the series: AGENTS OF CHANGE: Ecological Citizenship and The Art of Changing One’s Mind(set). Interdisciplinary Symposia – Seminars – Dialogue Processes, Oxford (UK), 2011

2011 CHENG LONG WETLANDS International Environmental Art Project in Taiwan

Children and Artists Dream of Greener Wetlands Artists from all countries are invited to send a proposal for a site-specific outdoor sculpture installation that will involve working with local elementary school children to create an artwork focused on making the Cheng Long Wetlands a ‘greener’ place where biodiversity can flourish. This year the emphasis will… Continue reading 2011 CHENG LONG WETLANDS International Environmental Art Project in Taiwan

Energetics and Informatics: the 7th ADA Symposium

The 7th ADA Network Symposium examines the relationship between energy and information in media arts. We ask how sustainable is the technology that supports media art? What new forms of practice are developing at the intersection of energy conservation and production, technology, and art? And how can we balance a global arts practice with the… Continue reading Energetics and Informatics: the 7th ADA Symposium