Staging Stustainability : April 20-22, 2011 at York University

Call for Papers The conference committee invites proposals for papers addressing the relationship between the cultural and environmental aspects of sustainability. Potential topics and questions might include: performance ecologies green design for performance theatre and eco-activism How can the arts widen our perception of nature and our ability to experience, reflect and adapt to the [...]

WOOLOO.ORG – NEW LIFE CANCÚN

Artists working with interventions, activism and other participatory practices are invited to apply for participation in NEW LIFE CANCUN. This experimental hospitality initiative intends to promote and facilitate participation during the UN Climate Change summit (COP 16) in Cancún, Mexico at the end of 2010 (Nov. 29th – Dec. 10th). In continuation of Wooloo’s NEW LIFE [...]

WOOLOO.ORG in ARTFORUM

An Excerpt from Daniel Boese’s article in ARTFORUM on Wooloo’s “New Life Coppenhagen”. “We work in the medium of hospitality,” Rosengaard says. The “New Life” project created the possibility for strangers to share their homes and experiences, to thus collaborate under the broad goal of addressing climate change in a global conference and treaty. All [...]

Coalition of the Willing: film-making, collaboration, activism

This is a brilliant initiative: a growing online activist movie created by an army of collaborators, who are animating a script by philosopher/activist Tim Rayner: Still from Coalition of the Willing: Back to the 60s by World Leaders The film is appearing online at coalitionofthewilling.org.uk. Rayner’s collaborator is the film maker Simon Robson aka Knife Party, who has [...]

The Colonel at *HQ/Gallery Poulsen #COP15

*HQ – Performance Activism Headquarters Gallery Pouslen Thierry Geoffroy / Colonel Artiste de Garde

Trigger Point Theory as Aesthetic Activism

Trigger Point Theory as Aesthetic Activism was a three day workshop, culminating yesterday, led by Aviva Rahmini. I’m trying to meet-up with Aviva later today, but in the mean time, please check out the last three daily recaps from her workshop: Day 1 Just spoke with someone from Shell: formerly working for their sustainability program, [...]

Call for artists: ‘…Louder than Bombs’: Art, Action & Activism – 4 Dec

‘…Louder than Bombs’: Art, Action & Activism Live Art Development Agency and Stanley Picker Gallery call for artists: 4 December deadline event: February – March 2010 Over the course of seven weeks in February – March 2010, the Stanley Picker Gallery at Kingston University, will host a series of week-long residencies entitled ‘…Louder than Bombs’: Art, Action [...]

Countdown to Copenhagen at Bristol’s Arnolfini gallery

Countdown to Copenhagen at the Arnolfini galleryThe 100 Days exhibition at the Arnolfini gallery in Bristol marks the countdown to the Copenhagen climate conference in December by hosting a series of exhibitions, performances and talks highlighting climate change, social justice and art and activism See the Video at: Video: Countdown to Copenhagen at Bristol’s Arnolfini [...]

The Rape of Africa: LaChapelle digs at Hirst

In the 1990s I worked on a NY magazine where a visionaryphoto editor started employing a rising young photographer called David LaChapelle. LaChapelle was clearly a cut above the average fashion snapper and soon became the most famous thing about the magazine. When I did an interview with Tupac Shakur nobody read a word of [...]

RSA Arts & Ecology – Interview | Gustav Metzger

“I thought one could fuse the political ideal of social change with art” Emma Ridgway, curator of The RSA Arts & Ecology Centre, interviews Gustav Metzger Born in 1926 to Polish-Jewish parents in Nuremberg, Gustav Metzger is an artist known for his radical approach. His work responds directly to political, economic and ecological issues. Creating [...]



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