The advice in this column although designed for the arts in the US, applies equally to environment and ecology, suggesting the best tactics to influence politicians, policy-makers and public sector decision-makers. It highlights the importance of starting the meeting by establishing: the fact that you are a constituent, and that the people you represent are... Continue Reading →
Volunteers and Gardeners needed. Get your hands dirty!
CCA Summer Volunteer Days at Westthorn Allotments Help us develop land at Westthorn Allotments into a fun and workable garden site as part of the CCA education and outreach programme which supports the wider Glasgow growing network and specific local communities. Each day will involve a workshop from an artist or gardener on a particular... Continue Reading →
Space is the place
Landscape in Artists' Films 14 Jun 2011 – 4 Jul 2011 (Every Tuesday at 18:30) Glasgow Film Theatre invites you to a four-week course Space is the Place: Landscape in Artists' Films. Landscape has long held a fascination for the avant- garde. This course examines how British filmmakers such as William Raban, Chris Welsby, Emily... Continue Reading →
“By Leaves We Live”: the vital politics and poetics of the tree
Jennifer Clarke and Rachel Harkness are convening an excellent session focused on trees, referencing Patrick Geddes' "By Leaves We Live", within the Conference of the Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK and Commonwealth. Abstracts come from all over the world and take trajectories across the topic: religious practice and space; time and trees (both... Continue Reading →
Synth-ethic vs Vandana Shiva
Synth-ethic: Art and Synthetic Biology Exhibition at the Natural History Museum, Vienna, Austria. Synthetic biology is at the scientific cutting edge, but also on the ethical edge. The works in this exhibition explore that edge. The curatorial essay starts with the principle that synthesis is one of the fundamental practices within art. As the exhibition... Continue Reading →
halo-station.org
halo-station.org rethinking energy-body-technology. HALO is an autonomous in energy station, a mobile installation to set up in the public space. It is being built with different phases and versions since 2008, following an ethic in eco-conception in the elaboration of the projects. Halo is conceived as an immersive and interactive experience, being connected in real... Continue Reading →
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