Gideon Kossoff, in the event last Monday evening at UWS, was attempting to articulate a theoretical framework for transition design, design approaches intended to move towards resilient communities that can address peak oil and environmental, social, existential crisis. This is an important area for theoretical development as well as practical activity. I’m offering these observations... Continue Reading →
Culture Beyond Oil Publication Launch
From the Liberate Tate Blog. New Arts Publication – ’Not if but when: Culture Beyond Oil’ Monday 28 November – Free Word Centre 60 Farringdon Road, London, EC1R 3GA 10.30am – 6.30pm Oil daub performance by Ruppe Koselleck 6.30pm – 9.00pm Culture Beyond Oil Launch Event (refreshments provided) Platform, Liberate Tate and Art Not Oil... Continue Reading →
REVISED Dark Skies Biosphere Residency
Background The Dark Skies/ Biosphere Project aims to explore the role of artists practice in a meaningful promotion of this beautiful area of Galloway, which has attracted both Dark Skies Park Status and is aiming to secure Biosphere status by Spring 2012. Dark Skies Park means it is one of the best places in the... Continue Reading →
Too Shallow for Diving
Review of the exhibition Too Shallow for Diving: the 21st Century is Treading Water. The review contextualises current environmental and ecological arts practices across a wide range of media. The review discusses in detail work in the exhibition by Tim Collins + Reiko Goto, Carolyn Speranza, Prudence Gill, Jim Denney, Richard Harned, Roger Laib, Jamie Gruzska,... Continue Reading →
Co-Producing PAR+RS
Creative Scotland has just formally announced that I have, along with Trigger (Suzy Glass and Angie Bual http://www.triggerstuff.co.uk) been appointed as Co-Producers for PAR+RS http://www.publicartscotland.com, Creative Scotland's public art development project. So I've got a provocative question to start the ball rolling, is public art a subset of visual arts or is it everything across... Continue Reading →
Transition Design
The creative futures (cf.) research centre at the University of the West of Scotland presents an evening lecture by Gideon Kossoff titled: ‘Early Thoughts on Transition Design’. The event is chaired by cf. Associate Director Graham Jeffery. 14th November 2011, 19.30-21.30 at the University of the West of Scotland, Ayr Campus. Gideon Kossoff is a... Continue Reading →
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