ecoartscotland is very pleased to be partnering with Glasgow Sculpture Studios and the Collins and Goto Studio to present the lecture Some Kind of Nature by international curator and founder of ecoartspace Patricia Watts. Monday 23 April, 4pm, Glasgow Sculpture Studios (Board Room, 2nd Floor) FREE (download pdf of poster: 2018TWattsECOARTSCOTLAND-GSS) This talk will focus... Continue Reading →
Beverly Naidus: The ZAD Becomes Compost? LONG LIVE THE ZAD!
This post comes from Beverly Naidus, a friend and colleague. Her attention is focused on the ZAD (zone à défendre) after visiting in October. Recent events have made it urgent to relay her experience and why the destruction of this place in France matters. A month ago we drew attention to the Journal of Aesthetics... Continue Reading →
Helen Mayer Harrison (1927-2018)
We met Helen Mayer Harrison (along with Newton Harrison) in 2006 at a conference in Shrewsbury thanks to David Haley. We had the privilege to spend the next three years working with them to realise Greenhouse Britain: Losing Ground, Gaining Wisdom, a project which prefigured their more recent work through the Center for the Study... Continue Reading →
5/9
“Five-nine” doesn’t have quite the cadence as “nine-eleven,” but when we look back on the early 21st century, I believe that May 9, 2013 — the day the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere exceeded 400 parts per million for the first time in recorded history — may in the future be understood as... Continue Reading →
The ‘Climate Atlas’ and the cost of belief
“Climate change is often described as a 'wicked problem.' One of its wickedest aspects is that it may require us to abandon some of our most treasured ideas about political virtue: for example, 'be the change you want to see.' What we need is instead is to find a way out of the individualising imaginary... Continue Reading →
The Top 10 Most Pioneering Art/Sustainability Initiatives in the UK
Useful 'starter for 10' list of organisations and collectives doing work on art and sustainability. Love to hear from anyone who feels they have been left off - comment below or get in touch otherwise. I'd include The Barn in Banchory who have the largest new allotments in Scotland, a wild garden, a walled gardwn... Continue Reading →
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