CORE

Edinburgh College of Art launches its Creative Research into the Environment on Thurs 3rd March 2011 in the Evolution Building. There will be presentations from 3-5pm followed by refreshments. Key members are artists Elizabeth Ogilvie & Anne Bevan, and landscape architects Ross Mclean & Lisa Mackenzie. Elizabeth Ogilvie contributes regularly to ECA's Art, Space, Nature... Continue Reading →

February 27, 2011 5

Going Green

Julie's Bicycle just launched a publication, developed with the Mayor of London and Frieze Art Fair, on the visual arts. This is one of a series of 'how to' guides across artforms. Starting with work in 2007 that looked at the Greenhouse Gas emissions of the UK Music Industry, Julie's Bicycle has researched and produced... Continue Reading →

February 27, 2011 1

Growing Exchange discussion

Friday 25 February 2011, 4-6pm at CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow Free public discussion between Alex Wilde and Annechien Meier reflecting on the residency at CCA sharing research and talking about practice, leading into a discussion on community growing and related issues in Glasgow. growing_exchange_flyer

February 23, 2011 0

Slouching Towards Yucca Mountain

So you want to make radical work about radiation waste, for example, and whilst you write grant applications, you also want to build interest around the work, and avoid reliance on 'committees' effectively giving you permission to make the work by waiting for a grant to be approved. You are an artist first and fund-raising... Continue Reading →

February 21, 2011 2

O Donald Trump, Woe Donald Trump

"It is not an art poem. It is a bardic declamation coming out of a tradition that speaks social truth direct to power – hot, rough, and on the hoof." O Donald Trump, Woe Donald Trump, from Alastair McIntosh to Donald Trump on a personal basis, published on Bella Caledonia, an online magazine exploring ideas... Continue Reading →