PLATFORM analyse the Oil Road on Democracy Now!

James Marriott and  Anna Galkina, both of PLATFORM London, on Democracy Now! talking about the new book The Oil Road: From the Caspian Sea to the City of London.  Why do pipelines matter and how are they geo-political instruments? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFsaUihXWic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZxvG354l1g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY_NV2j-Lok  

The Harrison Studio presents Wilma the Pig – YouTube

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgsFnRzGrJY Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison tell us the story of the original Hog Pasture and why it matters that there is a pig in the MOCA Exhibition Ends of the Earth: Land Art to 1974. To understand the relationship of Hog Pasture (1970-71) as #1 of the Survival Pieces to the larger scale... Continue Reading →

Call for creative practitioners to devise and lead their own creative actions for trees during National Tree Week

We received a request to highlight Treeage from Bridget McKenzie.  It's a call for creative practitioners to devise and lead their own creative actions for trees during National Tree Week 23 November to 1 December.  Treeage might take the form of three levels of remedial action: A&E, the Funeral or the Maternity Unit. She suggested the... Continue Reading →

Near Now launch Internet of Growing Things Commission

Thanks to James Brady for sharing this, Near Now are delighted to announce the launch of Internet of Growing Things, a collaborative research opportunity for two individual UK based practitioners to develop new work focused on food and future agri-cultures. Deadline Monday 11 November 2013 Near Now launch Internet of Growing Things Commission - Near... Continue Reading →

Deep Routes: research, scale and indigeneity

Reblogging this review of the Compass Collaborator's excellent Deep Routes: MidWest in all Directions

Community Wind Turbine

We received the Achiltibuie_Wind_turbine_planning_letter via a colleague and friend. The letter is asking people to write in support of a planning application for a community owned wind turbine. The small community on Coigach North of Ullapool is located in a 'world class environment.' It's faced with a number of challenges which are described, but has also... Continue Reading →

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