How does the Covid-19 pandemic, the lockdown and social distancing challenge artists' thinking about making work addressing the #COP26 UNFCCC Climate Change talks scheduled for Glasgow? More than 70 artists, scientists, curators and organisational leaders met up on Wednesday 29 April 2020 to discuss how the arts can address COP26. In planning before the Covid-19... Continue Reading →
Reblog: The Visual Culture of Earth Day: Gas Masks and Honeybees — Artists & Climate Change
I’ve never been all that moved or inspired by Earth Day, or at least not by the 21st century Earth Days I’ve known. I have experienced April 22nd primarily as a celebration of aestheticized environmentalism and corporate greenwashing, when I’ve noticed it at all. 1,461 more words via The Visual Culture of Earth Day: Gas Masks... Continue Reading →
Coleman and Hodges: MOON – WATER – DUST, Residency at the Bamboo Curtain Studio
Jo Hodges and Robbie Coleman, artists with a social practice based in rural Dumfries and Galloway, tell us about the residency they undertook at the Bamboo Curtain Studio, Taiwan in September and October 2019. Using food as well as walking as means of exploring, they provide an insight into the political and environmental context. They... Continue Reading →
One Planet, Many Names
In preparation for the 50th anniversary of Earth Day we are sharing this evocative and provocative post from Decolonial Atlas...
The virus speaks pt 2
The virus is driving adaptation and the priorities are quickly becoming apparent. Three pieces published in the past 24 hours provide an insight into the issues. On the one hand Nesta's blog There will be no 'back to normal' which highlights aspects of normal which may be 'gone'. One of the recurring themes is the... Continue Reading →
#arts4cop26 meet up
Date: 29 April, 18.00-20.00 GMT Venue: Online - sign up below How can the arts and artists work with environmental and civil society campaigners to address the multiple dimensions of the climate crisis, particularly in light of the covid-19 pandemic and COP26 postponement? Stop Climate Chaos Scotland, the culture working group of the COP26 Civil... Continue Reading →
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