Fertile Ground takes place on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 October in Dunbar, East Lothian. The event will nurture a conversation exploring creative ways to engage communities in the potential for change through public art with an environmental agenda. PROGRAMME Saturday 25Oct Morning 9am: conference speakers; with refreshments and lunch Afternoon: Sustaining Dunbar’s ‘Gathering In’... Continue Reading →
Could an artist do this?
Another in our occasional series derived from Public Contracts Scotland. The Scottish Government, through it's agency Marine Scotland, is seeking environmental consultancy to provide, "A two way conversation with the people of Scotland on the social impact of offshore renewables" 2.2 Description of the goods or services required: The aim of this project is to... Continue Reading →
After the People’s Climate March, Flood Wall Street | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
Flood Wall Street - isn't this what happened during Hurricane Sandy? Tomorrow it will be a direct action following today's People's Climate March. Today will be properly licensed and marshalled with an approved route. Tomorrow will be different. Worthreading this article to understand the argument about the depoliticisation of the mainstream climate justice movement versus... Continue Reading →
Content of Nothing :: Part 8 :: ….it moves, actually, in a Reticulum
Judy Spark: You remarked earlier that you feel that for you it’s “important to keep a lightness to creative work” and I would certainly agree with you on this and I think that this does bear even more import for visual than for written work. Other than the ‘academic’ aspect of some written work, I’m... Continue Reading →
Content of Nothing :: Part 7 :: Making and Writing
Judy Spark: We have talked about ‘hope’ and about ‘wonder’ but looking around at those mechanisms that will seek to commodify almost every realm of human endeavour the second it appears, it’s easy to feel a bit dispirited sometimes, despite the legions of creative practitioners who are standing up to this – or that play... Continue Reading →
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