Paper making, the production of academic papers, is an increasingly important and interesting part of the work of artists, and in particular artists working with environmental and ecological issues. This opportunity was recently highlighted by Dave Borthwick on belhalf of Lydia Bach and Kate Foster: The Paper Makers project, funded by the British Ecological Society,... Continue Reading →
Content of Nothing :: Part 6 :: On Hope
[In the previous post, Samantha Clark had been talking about the ethical import of wonder in the work of Ronald Hepburn, Suzi Gablick and Jane Bennett.] Judy Spark: I want to believe in this link between wonder and ‘ethical generosity’ and even love and that there may only be a ‘short step’ from here to... Continue Reading →
Content of Nothing :: Part 5 :: On Wonder
Judy Spark: Olafur Eliasson’s work seems built around this notion of a ‘gap’ as we catch ourselves in the shift between responding to what it seems we are faced with and our recognition of this response. Although I have only ever seen it in books, I love this piece; it resembles some sort of natural... Continue Reading →
Check out Strange Weather
The Strange Weather exhibition and project, curated by CoClimate (and a very important looking man from Met Eireann) is on at the Science Gallery in Dublin at the moment. CoClimate have flipped our obsession with the weather and how it affects us to play with the idea of how we affect the weather... If you're interested to see... Continue Reading →
Honey-bee-lujah
Re-blogged from Creative Carbon Scotland's Greenfest Highlights “Yeah I’m a joke preacher, but do you think I’m not serious?” Reverend Billy, along with his black-and-gold adorned Stop Shopping Choir, tour the world raising the roof with exuberant songs on the imminent ‘Shopocalypse’ and highlighting the role of big corporations, leading to an unsustainable social, economic... Continue Reading →
The Content of Nothing :: Part 4 :: On Attending
Samantha Clark: I was really interested in how you see the role of drawing within your practice. It seems to me that the process of drawing, particularly such obviously meticulous and detailed drawing that has evidently taken some time, is a kind of attention, a meditative or contemplative process. And I think so much of... Continue Reading →
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