Follow up: Culture(s) in Sustainable Futures

Open Stage is now open! Update: Deadline for abstract submission extended: The scientific committee decided to prolong the deadline for submissions until 15th December and for open stage until 5th January. Call for proposals for Open Stage – Read more! What leaps of faith, means and ends are required in order to move towards culture(s)… Continue reading Follow up: Culture(s) in Sustainable Futures

Culture(s) in Sustainable Futures: theories, policies, practices

International Transdisciplinary Conference May 6-8, 2015 | Helsinki, Finland Update: Deadline for abstract submission extended: The scientific committee decided to prolong the deadline for submissions until 15th December and for open stage until 5th January. Is culture the fourth pillar of sustainability alongside the ecological, economic and social aspects? How does culture act as a… Continue reading Culture(s) in Sustainable Futures: theories, policies, practices

Gathering of the ar(c)t(ic) tribes II

24. – 26. Oct. 2014 Seminar Mo i Rana, Campus Helgeland A gathering of the ar(c)t(ic) tribes II is a seminar on contemporary art, urban development and social change, focusing on art projects in public spaces. What happens when artists intervene directly in society? What is the connection between sustainability and art, e.g. in community… Continue reading Gathering of the ar(c)t(ic) tribes II

Artist as Activist: apply now

Robert Rauschenberg Foundation announces new grant opportunity for artists. Application deadline: October 13, 2014 www.rauschenbergfoundation.org The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation announced that it will build on its recent grant-making pilots and for the first time in its history roll out a series of open calls for proposals. Over the next six months, the foundation will announce… Continue reading Artist as Activist: apply now

Congress: Cities, Culture and Sustainability

International City Link Congress Cities, Culture and Sustainability September 12th 2014 in Hamburg / Germany. In a changing world of work and confronted with the consequences of climate and demographic changes, policies that strengthen social coherence are needed. On the background of these changes self-organised initiatives are emerging in many cities that already implement sustainable policies on a project level. Within the frame… Continue reading Congress: Cities, Culture and Sustainability

Cologne – Tag des Guten Lebens “Day of the Good Life”

This Sunday, the streets of Cologne-Ehrenfeld will belong only to its residents. Without traffic and lots of free space for encounters and action. “Tell everyone, talk to your neighbours, this day will be what we make of it and if all of us participate!” There will be no cars in the district of Cologne-Ehrenfeld (cf.… Continue reading Cologne – Tag des Guten Lebens “Day of the Good Life”

Interactive Futures 2014: More-Than-Human Worlds, Compassionate Interactions and the Ethics of Aesthetics

Workshop: Apr 24 and 25, 2014 Exhibition: Apr 24 to May 8, 2014 Interactive Futures 2014: More-Than-Human Worlds, Compassionate Interactions and Ethics of Aesthetics combines interdisciplinary academic research with explorations in new media and interactive artistic practice to consider alternative conceptions of human relations with other animals and the environment. The inquiry calls upon methodologies… Continue reading Interactive Futures 2014: More-Than-Human Worlds, Compassionate Interactions and the Ethics of Aesthetics

OPEN CALL: ARTLEAKS GAZETTE NO.2

(An)Other Art World(s)? Imagination Beyond Fiction The first issue of the ArtLeaks Gazette was aimed at bringing critical awareness of the challenges and obstacles of the contemporary art system. While they considered this a necessary initial step in enacting meaningful transformations of this system, ArtLeaks now feels the need to move beyond exposure and breaking the… Continue reading OPEN CALL: ARTLEAKS GAZETTE NO.2

Arts and Ecology: emerging uses for digital technologies

Digital Creativity is a journal devoted to the intersection of the creative arts and digital technology. Concerned with both the practical and the theoretical, Digital Creativity offers a unique forum to researchers and practitioners involved in the interdisciplinary nature of making or using digital media in creative contexts. They include such disciplines as fine art,… Continue reading Arts and Ecology: emerging uses for digital technologies