Fifty years ago it was 'the thing' that needed saved. Today it's the place that inspired the process that needs to be saved. Fifty years ago the Merzbau was rescued from Elterwater in the Lake District, from the small barn where Kurt Schwitters had been working. It was lifted out, wall of the barn included,... Continue Reading →
Camilla Nelson: An Oakwoods Almanac in Review
There is much to explore in this Almanac of entries, some more sculpted than others, compiled by the poet Gerry Loose as he wandered the familiar and foreign oakwoods of Sunart and Saari in 2007, 2008 and 2010. An Oakwoods Almanac is arranged in two parts. The first, ‘Sunart’, takes its name from the... Continue Reading →
Can visual art affect viewer perceptions of climate change? | Artist Commission
Climart, a transnational interdisciplinary research project combining psychology, natural sciences and art has announced an unique commission opportunity for an artist to make a new work communicating climate change... the fees and timescale are ambitious - the only thing is that the result of this is one piece of visual art intended to affect viewers... Continue Reading →
Donald Urquhat – Recurring Line
Donald Urquhart’s drawing, RECURRING LINE, in full visibility phase at the Irish Museum of Modern Art RECURRING LINE : NORTH/SOUTH A line, measuring 1 x 100 metres, was delineated and planted with Common Snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis). The line runs due north and south. Each year, as winter yields to spring, the work announces its presence... Continue Reading →
Happy New Year and reminder about deadlines for the 2016 eco-art projects Jane Ingram Allen curates in Taiwan
Two amazing opportunities from Jane Ingram Allen
Reviewer needed: The Green Bloc
Thanks to James Brady for highlighting this. We'd very much like to have Maja Fowkes new book 'The Green Bloc Neo-avant-garde Art and Ecology under Socialism' reviewed for ecoartscotland. Given Richard Demarco's many years engineering exchanges between Eastern Europe and Scotland there may be a thread of particular relevance. If you are interested in reviewing... Continue Reading →
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