New Summer School program in English within the International Weimar Summer Courses from 27 June - 10 July 2010. Go to Weblink: From Goethe and Schiller through the Bauhaus to Social Sculpture. Forum for Creative Action: The Shaping of a Humane World as an Aesthetic Challenge This 12 day `theory-practice´ program runs annually in the... Continue Reading →
IASH: Humanities and Climate Change: 11 March
The 'Humanities and Climate Change Group' will meet next on Thursday 11th March, 1-2pm at Intitute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh (2 Hope Park Square). Coffee and biscuits provided, but do bring your own lunch. Josselin Rouillard will open our discussions by presenting an outline of some theories on social change... Continue Reading →
Xavier Cortada’s approach to exotic invasive species
Xavier Cortada, an artist working on projects all over the world, and based in Miami, has developed Hanging Gardens. a participatory work addressing the issue of exotic invasive species. He says, “For ‘Hanging Gardens,’ I propose to create vertical gardens… comprised not of species we want to grow, but of trees we want to kill. The installations... Continue Reading →
Public Art Sustainability Assessment toolkit from Chrysalis Arts
Chrysalis Arts has developed a Public Art Sustainability Assessment (PASA) toolkit. This is intended to promote sustainability and breaks down the process of making public art (whether large scale or small, permanent or temporary into a range of key issues including: artistic practice; project management; community involvement; environment and resources; site and context. The toolkit asks... Continue Reading →
Radical Nature comes to East Ayrshire
Radical Nature: Art and Architecture for a Changing Planet 1969-2009, seen at the Barbican last year, is now spread across the Dick Institute, Kilmarnock; the Baird Institute Museum, Cumnock; and the Doon Valley Museum, Dalmellington (09 Jan 2010 - 17 April 2010). Including works by the generation of 60s and 70s artists and architects who... Continue Reading →
Article from NYTimes Magazine on Ecopsychology
Daniel B Smith outlines the development of ecopsychology and research into the relationship between access to nature and mental health drawing on the research of Glenn Albrecht. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/magazine/31ecopsych-t.html?pagewanted=1
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