The fine art of provocation
T J Demos' review in Brooklyn Rail of the gardening and other ecological projects at dOCUMENTA. He's positive about the projects, but critical of dOCUMENTA's lack of any overarching critical framework. Gardens Beyond Eden: Bio-aesthetics, Eco-Futurism, and Dystopia at dOCUMENTA (13).
Stephen Leahy's article (published by the Inter Press Service) on the "uncharted territory" of an ice-free arctic makes interesting reading. It's not just a problem for the indigenous peoples of the circumpolar region. It's not just a problem for polar bears, although they are faced with extinction as a result. And in that context talking... Continue Reading →
Review of The Time Is Now: Public Art of the Sustainable City There is no question that energy generation impacts on landscape, both urban and rural. It always has. The current re-engineering of systems towards renewable energy is, on one level, not different. Wind turbines are just one example around which there is a very... Continue Reading →
Professors Timo Jokela & Glen Coutts, University of Lapland will be speaking at Northern Perspectives: Arctic Art Education and Arts-based Research Methods at this UWS seminar 2-4pm Saturday 22nd September at the Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow. Alison Bell and I are respondents.
Companies have 'personhood,' ie. a legal identity equivalent to people in the sense that they can enter into contracts and agreements (see Wikipedia article). This is a subject of considerable argument, and there are several campaigns to remove this status. On the other hand in New Zealand there is a move (reported in the New... Continue Reading →
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