New York’s Waterpod; artists of the floating world

When Radical Nature opened, some critics bemoaned the fact that the exhibition was cloistered away from both the environment it discussed, and the audience that it deserved to reach. EXYZT’s wonderful Dalston Mill project was a clear answer to

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Emulating Genius: learn how to do it in under 2 hours

Many thanks to everyone who came to the event, ran around forming adaptive eco-systems and generated new design possibilities. (And sorry to those who couldn’t get in because the event sold out).

Biomimicry is a new discipline that consciously emulates life’s genius.

It’s a design principle based on the genius of nature. The idea is

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Putting the rich in their place

Sunday Times Rich List, 2008, by Ben Branagan and Gareth Holt

From the touring exhibition Rank, Picturing the social order 1516 – 2009, opening

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A different vision of the immigrant

BERNABE MENDEZ from the State of Guerrero works as a professional window cleaner in New York. He sends 500 dollars a month.

In an age in which immigration pressure increases, Dulce Pinzón’s exhibition Superheroes, currently at Instituto

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Sequelism Pt 3: the installation underway

Sequelism Pt 3: Possible, Probable or Preferable Futures opens this weekend at the Arnolfini in Bristol featuring work by  Heman Chong, Haegue Mariana Castillo Deball, Graham Gussin, Victor Man, Francesc Ruiz, Jordan Wolfson and Haegue Yang, with events by Neil Cummings & Marysia

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Animal crackers: the dystopian zoo

Trouble in paradise is an exhibition by Steinbrener/Dempf at Schönbrunn zoo, Vienna, that takes a poke at our romantic idea of the unspoiled natural environment, especially the facade of the natural created for animal enclosures. Go to RSA Arts & Ecology

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Radical Nature Comes to the Art Gallery : TreeHugger

Radical Nature, Art and Architecture for a Changing Planet is an exhibition that examines how nature has inspired artists and architects. The show takes a historical look at strange and experimental buildings since the 60s that have changed the way we see the world.

via Radical Nature Comes

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Natural Balance

For the past few months I’ve been working with our friends Lluis and Yolanda from Hibrids, on an exhibition called Natural Balance : Art & Ecology (TEMPORARY OUTDOOR SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATIONS IN GIRONA, BARCELONA, SPAIN. May 9-17, 2009). It’s part of a big flower festival and includes soem great work by

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APInews: RFP: Status of the Creative Economy in L.A.

For its 2010 exhibition year, 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica, Calif., is seeking proposals that address a common theme: the status of L.A.s creative economy.

via APInews: RFP: Status of the Creative Economy in L.A. .

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. Go to RSA Arts & Ecology Features

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