National Institute for Experimental Arts presents HotHouse

National Institute for Experimental Arts (NIEA) Cultural ecology and sustainable urban environments Symposium 27-28 July 2010 Sydney Opera House Utzon Room http://www.niea.unsw.edu.au Share this announcement on: Facebook | Delicious | Digg | Twitter Symposium 27-28 July 2010, Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House (with drinks and project launch: 27 July, 6pm, Opera House Marquee) Bookings through Sydney Opera House http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com. Updates [...]

Mary Jo Aagerstoun: Art from recycled objects and materials is not EcoArt

Today I received word of yet another use of the term “EcoArt” to describe artworks made partially or wholly of recycled materials. Because this is becoming a serious detriment to SFEAP's efforts to educate the South Florida public about what EcoArt is, I wanted to remind SFEAP supporters on FB and elsewhere of how SFEAP [...]

WOOLOO.ORG – 3RD BAGASBAS BEACH INTERNATIONAL ECO-ARTS FESTIVAL 2010

We are accepting proposals for three sections of the 3rd BBIEAF 2010 to be held in Daet, Camarines Norte, Philippines from May 30 till June 6, 2010. On its third iteration, the BBIEAF is still a community-based art festival that links up Art, Environment and Sustainability. The three main divisions are Installation Art, Video Art [...]

The PlanetShifter.com Interview with Ian Garrett, Executive Director: The Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts, Los Angeles | www.planetshifter.com

Where are you? In the present? In the future? See my lament for clues: Things only happen here to make what happens next. Is LinkedIn a viable artistic community in your opinion? How would you improve it? I don’t think so, and I don’t think i wish it to be. I don’t know if LinkedIn represents [...]

Gadget OK! Symposium and Exhibition at UCLA Broad Art Center

Gadget or device art is a great tool for ecovisualization. This is an interesting symposium happening Feb. 18 & 19th at UC Los Angeles. Gadget OK! (also an exhibition) will explore new ways of bridging art, design, technology, science and entertainment using both latest innovations and everyday technology. RSVP via Facebook HERE Or, for more [...]

Mammut Magazine launch this Saturday at La Brea Tar Pits

Please join me this Saturday, Nov. 14 for the Mammut Magazine launch. We’ll have readings, sloth bear t-shirt drawings and other activities from 11 am til about 1 or 2 pm.We’ll be at the picnic tables in front of the Page Museum at 5801 Wilshire Blvd, 90036. MAMMUT #3 is about megafauna—a term that loosely [...]

An overview of eco-art Nings.

If you haven’t heard of it yet, Ning is a sort of DIY social network platform. You pick a title and a logo and boom, you’ve got your own specially-themed, mini version of facebook. Over the past year quite a few nings have popped up specifically focused on arts and ecology. Here’s the digs on [...]

Curating in a read/write culture

Jim Richardson, writing in The Art Newspaper, warns galleries and museums of the change that is inevitably coming to the art world. In and editorial “Facebook is more than a fad” he writes: Social networks and blogs are the fastest growing online activities, according to a report published in March by research firm Nielsen Online. [...]

Brief update

This is the first time since back in November/December that we have not posted anything for a couple weeks! I think both Amy and I are taking a spring time break . . . . Wanted to submit a quick post to let our blog followers know that we have updated our projects page on [...]

Mobs and knights: #amazonfail and the Dubai Literary Festival

Recently I was going on about how instant connnectivity is changing the way events unfold; to add to that there’s this post from net guru Clay Shirkey on the Twitter #amazonfail brouhaha that took place a couple of weeks ago. For all those who missed it (that includes me as I was on holiday beyond [...]

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