Gravel pits offer a casual archaeology of the meeting places of nature and culture, past and present, construction and destruction, indigenous peoples and colonizers, art and life, creeping globalisation and local survival… Undermining: A wild ride through land use, politics, and art in the changing west L. Lippard (The New Press, 2014) The writings of... Continue Reading →
Holly Keasey: Santa Fe Art Instutite Water Rights Residency – Introduction
Holly Keasey is currently undertaking a residency at the Santa Fe Art Institute as part of the Water Rights programme. During the next 8 weeks Holly will be sending regular updates. “156. Why is the sky blue? -A fair enough question, and one I have learned the answer to several times. Yet every time I... Continue Reading →
Reviewer needed: Gut Gardening
Issue 3 of the Center for Genomic Gastronomy's Food Phreaking Journal, entitled Gut Gardening, is all about the bacteria in our guts - our own personal microbiomes. This issue explores some of the bacteria that populate the human gut and body. We asked a handful of the world's leading experts to write a few words... Continue Reading →
Meghan Moe Beitiks reviews Soil Culture
SoilCulture: bringing the arts down to earth, from the Centre for Contemporary Art in the Natural World (CCANW) and Falmouth Art Gallery published in collaboration with Gaia Projects is the culmination of years of work—comprehensive documentation of a significant exhibition, nine curated artist residencies, and a Soil Culture Forum. It includes photographs and essays detailing... Continue Reading →
Reviewer Needed: Exchange by Chris Drury and Kay Syrad
We're looking for someone to review Exchange by Chris Drury and Kay Syrad. From Chris Drury's website, "Exchange was produced in collaboration with Kay Syrad and was commissioned by Cape Farewell to look at sustainable ways of living and farming in relation to three farms in Sydling St Nicholas and Godmanston, West Dorset. The two... Continue Reading →
Piloting Strategies: Arts and Land Use
Kate Foster and Claire Pençak have written this article to highlight the ways that they as artists (visual and dance/choreographic), have been engaged with land use and in particular the development of Land Use Strategy for Scotland through the Borders Region Pilot. The article specifically responds to a previous piece on ecoartscotland which asks "What... Continue Reading →
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