Liberate Tate challenges the oil majors' social license to operate, questioning whether the cultural majors, Tate, Royal Opera House, etc, should have sponsorship relationships. It's not even charitable donations where there is no reciprocal benefit - sponsorship is precisely about business benefit. In Edinburgh recently Bill McKibben held a rally for the Fossil Free campaign... Continue Reading →
Soil Arts Call for examples
James Brady suggested that the Soil Arts Call might be of interest to readers of ecoartscotland. Alex Toland who is behind this site is a visual artist and environmental planner. The Soil Arts Call says: If you have used earth materially or symbolically in your creative practice, or in some way addressed the value, function, or... Continue Reading →
David Borthwick: Footings and Entanglements
Dave Borthwick highlights two new books of poetry. Entanglements is an anthology for which Dave wrote the Introduction, and includes work by amongst others Alec Finlay, Gerry Loose, Em Strang and Jim Carruth. You can find out more and order from Two Ravens Press. Footings is a new collection of specially commissioned poems focused on... Continue Reading →
Tiny Geographies by Chris Dooks
Artist Chris Dooks has worked in 4 key locations, producing 4 short films of each area for Atomic Doric http://www.woodendbarn.com/atomic-doric/. He has interviewed different people who connect with the places – young nature groups, walkers, rangers etc – recording sounds, photographing and filming with them. Tiny Geographies has created several hours of material including interviews... Continue Reading →
Methodologies: HighWaterLine
Patricia Watts of ecoartspace recently highlighted the collaboration with artist Eve Mosher producing an Action Guide for HighWaterLine. Eve Mosher developed HighWaterLine as a personal project, but following Sandy's impact on New York it went viral (covered by the New York Times and the New Yorker), and rather than travelling around the world doing projects, Eve has... Continue Reading →
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