BP is definitely splashing around the cultural sponsorship - there has been press coverage of the £10 million to cultural majors in London, and now they are also sponsoring the Cultural Olympiad. Art Not Oil want artworks for an online exhibition. Send them before the end of February.
How do you illustrate complexity?
Artist Rachel Schragis created the Flow Chart of the Declaration of the Occupation. The media keep criticising the occupation movement for not having a clear message. That's the media's problem (always wanting to simplify everything, one message). What Schragis has done is capture the complexity of issues underpinning questions of social and environmental justice. She... Continue Reading →
The Art of Improvisation – Call for Papers ASA 2012
The call for papers for the ASA Conference 2012, which will be held in Delhi on 3-6th April, is now open. The deadline is 6.12.2011. We would like to invite you to submit an abstract for our panel 'The Art of Improvisation'. We are interested in securing contributions from a broad range of perspectives, e.g.... Continue Reading →
Shell accused of fuelling violence in Nigeria
PLATFORM continue to focus on the issues of corporate responsibility for oil conflict in the Niger Delta through their project Remember Saro-Wiwa. The Guardian's extensive story on a new report by the social and environmental activists highlights the consequences of Shell paying off militia groups to stop them damaging pipelines. This funds and stimulates conflict... Continue Reading →
Anne Brodie’s Bee Box
Bee Box, new work by Anne Brodie, is one part of a public art exhibition across eight European countries, curated by C-Lab. Anne Brodie works across art and science, having studied Biology and gone on to complete her MA at the Royal College. She has received a Wellcome Trust Arts Award as well as the... Continue Reading →
Animal Ecologies in Visual Culture
Antennae, the Journal of Nature in Visual Culture, and Minding Animals International, a 'bridge between academia and advocacy,' are hosting an event entitled Animal Ecologies in Visual Culture at University College London on Saturday 8 October 2011. Information also available on Facebook. Antennae's website has all the back issues of the Journal available for download as... Continue Reading →
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