Of course lists, top-tens and the like are a very particular way of seeing the world, but this analysis, published on the blog CleanTechnica, of the USA by State and population is very interesting. It shows how much solar PV is installed per capita (i.e. per head of population). They have also published stats for... Continue Reading →
Fourteen projects focus on Scotland’s natural environments
Creative Scotland have just announced funding for fourteen projects which draw attention to Scotland's natural environments in this the year of Natural Scotland. The projects are across all artforms and across all of Scotland from the islands to the cities. It will be interesting to see how these projects evolve, and how they address... Continue Reading →
From Fukushima – Part 2
Report Number 3 from Su Grierson in Kitakata, Fukushima Province Japan. Slowly, as we move around engaging with the locality and people and negotiate the difficulty of translation, we are gaining more insight into the aftermath of the Tsunami two years ago. All the displaced and dispossessed people from the coastal disaster area are referred... Continue Reading →
Trash Talk: The Department of Sanitation’s Artist in Residence Is a Real Survivor
"Last week, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, who is the first and, to date, only artist in residence in the history of the New York City Department of Sanitation (a title she has held since 1977), was speaking at the Brooklyn Museum’s daily staff roll call. She told the museum’s crew of maintenance workers—among them window washers,... Continue Reading →
From Fukushima – part 1
Day 1 The journey to Japan was good and easy. Yoshiko Maruyama, the artist/ initiator of this project, was waiting for me at Narita airport. The Japan Foundation wanted to meet me and receive my flight invoices and this meant an hour bus trip in the wrong direction into central Tokyo, but a smiling Mr... Continue Reading →
Su Grierson – Corresponding from Fukushima Province, Japan
Su Grierson has kindly agreed to send ecoartscotland regular updates during her 10 week residency in Kitakata, Fukushima Province, Japan. She is circulating this introduction. I am now trying to get myself organised to go to Japan next Thursday. I am doing a 10 week residency based at Kitakata in Fukushima province. It is quite a... Continue Reading →
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