The chapter on albatrosses ends with the following challenge, As nesting birds quietly ignored my close presence, I reflected that perhaps what is most tragic about the current situation is not the "failure" of albatrosses to adjust or adapt to new threats and an altered environment: intensive long-line fishing or brightly colored plastics that look... Continue Reading →
Only Human? 14-16 November
“Picture after picture [by photographer Chris Jordan] depicts the decomposed bodies of albatross chicks – just bones, feathers, and a beak remaining, and in the middle of each, a multicolored pile of plastic and other debris: cigarette lighters, bottle tops, toy soldiers, and so many other little items.” “Millions of years of albatross evolution –... Continue Reading →
Fertile Ground in Dunbar 25 and 26 October
Fertile Ground takes place on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 October in Dunbar, East Lothian. The event will nurture a conversation exploring creative ways to engage communities in the potential for change through public art with an environmental agenda. PROGRAMME Saturday 25Oct Morning 9am: conference speakers; with refreshments and lunch Afternoon: Sustaining Dunbar’s ‘Gathering In’... Continue Reading →
Could an artist do this?
Another in our occasional series derived from Public Contracts Scotland. The Scottish Government, through it's agency Marine Scotland, is seeking environmental consultancy to provide, "A two way conversation with the people of Scotland on the social impact of offshore renewables" 2.2 Description of the goods or services required: The aim of this project is to... Continue Reading →
Content of Nothing :: Part 8 :: ….it moves, actually, in a Reticulum
Judy Spark: You remarked earlier that you feel that for you it’s “important to keep a lightness to creative work” and I would certainly agree with you on this and I think that this does bear even more import for visual than for written work. Other than the ‘academic’ aspect of some written work, I’m... Continue Reading →
Content of Nothing :: Part 7 :: Making and Writing
Judy Spark: We have talked about ‘hope’ and about ‘wonder’ but looking around at those mechanisms that will seek to commodify almost every realm of human endeavour the second it appears, it’s easy to feel a bit dispirited sometimes, despite the legions of creative practitioners who are standing up to this – or that play... Continue Reading →
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