David Berridge | Figuring Landscapes

The exhibition of new British and Australian-made films Figuring Landscapes is currently touring the UK. In this age of crisis, film writer David Berridge looks for evidence of whether artists are changing the way they depict the natural world.
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What if?… James Lovelock and the five in six

This week James Lovelock was in conversation with the journalist and writer Tim Radford in front of a packed audience at the RSA. His latest book The Vanishing Face of Gaia is currently 22 on Amazon – a remarkable achievement for a book which is not exactly a laugh a page.
In fact both James and [...]

ecoLOGIC closes Saturday 2/28/2009

Cypress College Gallery Director and artist Paul Paiement states, “the show has been well attended with repeat visitors who actually spend time looking at and asking questions about the installations.” Don’t we love that! In the twenty days the show has been open to the public (those are gallery days open), they estimate that 1,500 [...]

Atelier Bow-Wow at REDCAT

{The BBQ House, part of Atelier Bow-Wow’s Small Case Study Houses at REDCAT in LA}

On Friday, I had the opportunity to check out Tokyo-based Atelier Bow-Wow’s installation at REDCAT. Made of recycled wood, the exhibition consists of three contraptions based on the famous Case Study Houses. It includes The BBQ House, (above), a Hammock House, [...]

Welcome to The Age of Stupid

The new movie The Age of Stupid by activist Franny Armstrong, co-written by climate expert Mark Lynas and starring Pete Postlethwaite, premieres nationwide March 15. More here.
The Age of Stupid: final trailer Feb 2009 from Age of Stupid on Vimeo.
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Land Subsidence in the San Joaquin Valley

{Evidence of land subsidence in California’s San Joaquin Valley from 1925-1977. From the USGS}
The picture above tells the story of about 30 feet. That’s how much the ground has subsided in parts of the San Joaquin Valley (at least through 1977) because of water withdrawls and the resulting soil consolidation.
Recently, the LA Times reported that [...]

Soho Night and ecoartspace NYC project room opening March 5th and 7th

On Thursday March 5th ecoartspace will join with several other NYC non-profit art spaces for Soho Night. There will be special events, exhibitions and programs from 6 – 10 pm. (see list) For this event ecoartspace will stay open until 8pm so please visit us on the early side.
The public opening for the new ecoartspace [...]

out of the blue opening Feb.17th

out of the blue, an exhibition about weather + the creative process
Curated by Amy Lipton, Joy Episalla and
Joy Garnett
http://outoftheblueproject.org
February 17 –April 17, 2009
OPENING RECEPTION: February 17, 6-8pm
Participating artists: [images + info]
Stephen Andrews, Michele Araujo, Robert Bordo, Diane Burko, Christos Dikeakos/Robert Smithson, John Dougill, Joy Episalla, Joy Garnett, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Jacqueline Gourevitch, Erik Hanson, Geoffrey Hendricks, [...]

Eco-Artist Catherine Pears Puts a Green Twist on her Mardi Gras Float : TreeHugger

Artist Catherine Pears certainly sees the benefit of recycling, but to her, the most obvious way to be green is to reduce and reuse. She reuses everything and when she was commissioned to build a float for this years Mardi Gras, she carried those practices over into designing the float. See how she turned what [...]

ecoartspace news and events

Many new things are percolating at ecoartspace since our benefit meeting. Simon Draper of Habitat for Artists fame will be installing one of his shed sculptures at the newly renovated ecoartspace office at 53 Mercer Street in January/Feb 09. Several events are in the planning stages now, such as an artist’s talk with eco art [...]

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