ZOO 3000: OCCUPY SPECIES

Fifth Live Art Festival at Kampnagel 07th – 15th of June 2013, Hamburg (Germany) For its new edition, the  fifth  Live Art Festival proposes transversal performances on the theme of human-animal relationships. Artists and scientists explore the concept of “animal turn” in cultural studies, and the field of ‘Animal Studies, through the artistic languages of performance/dance… Continue reading ZOO 3000: OCCUPY SPECIES

Enlivenment. Towards a fundamental shift in the concepts of nature, culture and politics

A new publication in the Ecology Series at Heinrich Boell Foundation, by Andreas Weber “People often call for “changing the system” and seek to reform the “free market” approach that turns everything, including life itself, into a commodity. But it is impossible to alter our prevailing “operating system” for economics, politics and culture if the… Continue reading Enlivenment. Towards a fundamental shift in the concepts of nature, culture and politics

Beyond the Surface: Environmental Art in Action

A conference investigating relationships between art and the environment May 31, 2013, 9 am – 5 pm, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia (USA) Bringing artists & arts professionals to Philadelphia to explore ways art can create environmental awareness while restoring ecological systems. With: Lillian Ball, Sam Bower, Jenny Laden, Stacy Levy, Amy Lipton, Eve Mosher, Frances… Continue reading Beyond the Surface: Environmental Art in Action

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

Internaturalism

Collective exhibition, 8 May – 29 September 2013, and international symposium, 8 May, at PAV (Via Giordano Bruno 31, Torino, Italy) On Tuesday, 7 May 2013, at 6.30 pm, the PAV will open the collective exhibition Internaturalism, curated by Claudio Cravero. The exhibition aims to investigate some of the research and practice of the branch… Continue reading Internaturalism

Ecocide

Cathy Fitzgerald published on her blog “An Arts and Ecology Notebook” an interesting long post about enforcing the legal notion of “ecocide”, and about the work of UK legal barrister (and performer of mock trials) Polly Higgins, who defines ecocide as follows: “Ecocide is the extensive damage to, destruction of or loss of ecosystem(s) of… Continue reading Ecocide

JALAN JATI (TEAK ROAD)

On show at the John Hope Gallery Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (UK) until July 7th 2013 The results of three years of research and production, the interdisciplinary exhibition from Singapore, Jalan Jati (Teak Road) opened at the Edinburgh Science Festival on 21 March 2013 and runs at the John Hope Gallery Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh until July 2013. Jalan Jati (Teak Road)… Continue reading JALAN JATI (TEAK ROAD)

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)

Eden3: Trees are the Language of Landscape

Exhibition – April 22 to May 25, 2013 Tent Gallery, in Art Space and Nature – Edinburgh College of Art – Evolution House (corner of Westport and Lady Lawson Street) – Edinburgh, EH1 2LE, Scotland Hours: Tues-Fri 12noon to 4:45PM or by appointment on Saturday. The Collins & Goto Studio presents an on-going series of… Continue reading Eden3: Trees are the Language of Landscape