| February 22nd, 2009 | On Sunday February 8th, Amy Lipton and Simon Draper were interviewed on tape by Mother Nature Network’s Chuck Leavell, Director of Environmental Affairs and Michael Lindsay, Multimedia Producer. MNN.com is a new website that provides environmental news and information, they describe themselves as a “one-stop resource and an everyman’s eco-guide offering original programs,
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| February 21st, 2009 | The hoo-ha over the Dubai EAIFL literary festival grows. Geraldine Bedell had been due to launch her romantic comedy The Gulf Between Us there. After reading the manuscript, the festival’s organiser Isobel Aboulhoul pulled the title from the programme, citing “cultural sensitivities”. The book apparently includes some discussion of Islam and features a gay
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| February 21st, 2009 | It’s eleven years since I lived in Los Angeles. Something subtle seems to have shifted here, and for the better. One example of why is Fallen Fruit, a collective of two artists and a writer who live in the Silverlake district who started to map all the fruit and trees in their neighbourhood, the ones
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| February 21st, 2009 | CAA is days away and there are a number of art and ecology related panels happening, which I would recommend attending at the Los Angeles Convention Center 2/25 – 2/28:
Relocating Art and Its PublicWednesday, February 25, 9:30 AM–12:00 PMChair: Kim Yasuda, UCSBGregory Sholette, Queens CollegeChristina Ulke, Journal of Aesthetics and ProtestCameron Cartiere, Birkbeck College,
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| February 21st, 2009 | ecoLOGIC was inspired by the College Art Association (CAA) conference, which took place in Los Angeles in 1999, where a group of dedicated artists joined together to present a comprehensive studio session entitled Off the Mainstream, Into The Mainstream. The session included three chairs and nine artists presenting the state of environmental art in
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| February 21st, 2009 | {Albertosaurus Dinosaur Head, by Justine Cooper}
Seed Magazine has a great slide show of behind-the-scenes images of the American Musuem of Natural History. It’s part of the magazine’s Darwin 200 celebration.
> Check out the images here and see Justine Cooper’s other work at her website. Go to Eco Art Blog
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| February 21st, 2009 | This was my first trip to India and I was filled with hesitation for various reasons. East Coast curator for ecoartspace, Amy Lipton, was originally invited to speak and decided last minute to pass due to scheduling conflicts, so I was to go alone. Most of all, it was a long way for me
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| February 20th, 2009 | Artists exploring gray areas: Interspecies at Manchester Cornerhouse until March 22. Four new pieces that attempt to work with animals, not as subjects of their art, but “as equals”. The artists involved include performance artist Kira O’Reilly, whose piece involved 36 hours living, sleeping and eating, with a pig called Delilah.
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| February 20th, 2009 | My Arts & Ecology colleague William Shaw, editor of our site, interviewed Superflex on the eve of their work opening at the South London Gallery.
I went to see their film on Sunday afternoon. It took us, me and my 16-year-old son, well over an hour to get there so we
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