Platform on tour in Glasgow and Edinburgh, 21-24th October - Platform London. PLATFORM, the interdisciplinary social and enviromental practice working across arts, activism, education and research are in Scotland next week contributing to the Human Rights Documentary Film Festival in Glasgow as well as the Radical Independent Book Fair in Edinburgh.
The fine art of provocation
Gardens Beyond Eden: Bio-aesthetics, Eco-Futurism, and Dystopia at dOCUMENTA (13) – The Brooklyn Rail
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).
What does an Ice-Free Arctic mean?
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 →
Land and Energy Pt. 2 – review of ‘The Time Is Now’
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 →
Northern Perspectives: Arctic Art Education and Arts-based Research Methods
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.
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