Gideon Kossoff, in the event last Monday evening at UWS, was attempting to articulate a theoretical framework for transition design, design approaches intended to move towards resilient communities that can address peak oil and environmental, social, existential crisis. This is an important area for theoretical development as well as practical activity. I’m offering these observations... Continue Reading →
Culture Beyond Oil Publication Launch
From the Liberate Tate Blog. New Arts Publication – ’Not if but when: Culture Beyond Oil’ Monday 28 November – Free Word Centre 60 Farringdon Road, London, EC1R 3GA 10.30am – 6.30pm Oil daub performance by Ruppe Koselleck 6.30pm – 9.00pm Culture Beyond Oil Launch Event (refreshments provided) Platform, Liberate Tate and Art Not Oil... 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 →
Transition Design
The creative futures (cf.) research centre at the University of the West of Scotland presents an evening lecture by Gideon Kossoff titled: ‘Early Thoughts on Transition Design’. The event is chaired by cf. Associate Director Graham Jeffery. 14th November 2011, 19.30-21.30 at the University of the West of Scotland, Ayr Campus. Gideon Kossoff is a... Continue Reading →
We need hope through art
I posted this to comment Facebook yesterday, and wanted to connect it to Alastair McIntosh's piece in the Guardian on Saturday, I was in Glorious Govan yesterday for Alastair McIntosh's Kandinsky and Spirituality event. What a difficult subject to tackle in the here and now. Ran into many friends and colleagues. I suppose I wanted... Continue Reading →
Serpentine Gallery: Marathon of Gardens
The Serpentine are holding a Marathon of Gardens on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th October featuring a fascinating line up of speakers from Charles Jencks and Dan Pearson through to Mierle Laderman Ukeles and Guiseppe Penone via Fritz Haeg and Brian Eno.
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