B. D. Owens reviews ‘Water Makes Us Wet’

Water Makes Us Wet: An Ecosexual Adventure, a film by Dr Beth Stephens and Dr Annie Sprinkle which premiered at Documenta 14, defies any easy genre categorisation. This film about H2O both charmed and surprised me. It is an artwork, a documentary, a sexy and outrageously fun (sometimes turbulent) love story and a valuable multi-layered... Continue Reading →

How can Scotland adapt to the #climatecrisis? Exhibition and Talk

Newton Harrison, 2018, On The Deep Wealth of this Nation, Scotland (detail) EXHIBITION (TALK below): NEWTON HARRISON: ON THE DEEP WEALTH OF THIS NATION, SCOTLANDTuesday 12 March - Thursday 28 March @ 12pm - 4pmFree entry - Closed Sundays and Monday Join us at the Barn during Climate Week North East 2019 this March where... Continue Reading →

Grassroots initiatives in climate change-adaptation for justice and sustainability

More on Adaptation. The Scottish Government Adaptation Programme does acknowledge the roles of communities (even if not culture and the arts)

From Climate Cultures: Paul Michael Henry on UNFIX

UNFIX 2019 Image: Henrik Knudsen © 2019 From Climate Cultures: Paul Michael Henry, artist and artistic director of UNFIX, writes about UNFIX 2019 in Glasgow (29-31 March). "... People keep mis-labelling it ‘Unfixed’ or ‘The Unfix’ but it’s UNFIX: a command form. A verb and activity. A loosening, disburdening, freeing-up. Anti-fatalistic, with the assumption that... Continue Reading →

Agriculture and aquaculture, but no culture

Newton Harrison, The Deep Wealth of this Nation, Scotland (2018). Detail: one of ten panels.The Scottish Government recently published Climate Ready Scotland: Scottish Climate Change Adaptation Programme 2019-2024 A Consultation Draft - the consultation is open through 9th April 2019. The focus of this work is on adaptation rather than mitigation. As Ben Twist of... Continue Reading →

Ecology, Environment, Sustainability… 2019

Clive Adams, writing to Sir Nick Serota (Chair of Arts Council England) on behalf of the Arts and Environment network at the Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM), says, The latest UN IPCC report has announced that we have only 12 years to avert climate change catastrophe. Yet, despite the evidence of the... Continue Reading →

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