James Wyness (sound artist) in conversation with Kate Foster (environmental artist). As a sound artist, James Wyness works on listening environments, in the Borders Region (where he is based) and elsewhere. He compared notes with Kate Foster about settling into work in the Borders, valuing what the area offers our respective practices. Here James elaborates... Continue Reading →
A Time-Lapse Map of Every Nuclear Explosion Since 1945 – by Isao Hashimoto – YouTube
watch?v=856fWEltiXo&feature=related] This was posted by Wendy Osher to the ecoartnetwork.org recently. Japanese artist Isao Hashimoto has created a beautiful, undeniably scary time-lapse map of the 2053 nuclear explosions which have taken place between 1945 and 1998, beginning with the Manhattan Project's "Trinity" test near Los Alamos and concluding with Pakistan's nuclear tests in May of... Continue Reading →
Opportunity: Wetlands in Taiwan
Artists from all countries are invited to send a proposal for a site-specific outdoor sculpture installation to be created during a 26-day artist in residency (April 11 – May 7, 2012) in Cheng Long, a small rural village near the southwestern coast of Taiwan in Kouhu Township,Yunlin County. This art project is an expansion of... Continue Reading →
A PEOPLE’S PRELIMINARY HEARING ON MONSANTO
ANDANDAND made the following announcement through the dOCUMENTA (13) newsletter (who, it should be noted, added "dOCUMENTA (13) is not responsible for the views or factual claims expressed by the artists and artworks it presents.". “Our focus is on Monsanto’s role in transforming and damaging the ecologies, economies, and social relations of this region. Proceedings... Continue Reading →
DRIFT Call for proposals
DRIFT is the title of the fourth art in nature project of Rerun Productions Foundation. The Waterloopbos, the former Hydraulic Laboratory in Marknesse, the Netherlands, will host this contemporary spatial art project from May till December 2012. The project invites artists to send proposals which respond to the theme and to focus their idea on... Continue Reading →
COAL PRIZE 2012 – rural issues and farming
From the Project Coal website: Schedule Application deadline: February 12th, 2012 The Coal Prize will be awarded on March 15th, 2012 The Coal Prize Art & Environment rewards each year a project by a contemporary artist involved in environmental issues. Its goals are to promote and support the vital role which art and creation play... Continue Reading →
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