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31 May 2009
The Gulf Region |
The fabulous Volume/Archis have helped to develop this remarkable site that follows the development and urban planning initiatives happening in the Gulf regions, especially Dubai and Abu Dhabi. and their global implications. The Almanakh 2 is soon to be published.
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18 May 2009
UK, Liverpool |
An unconference is a participant driven face-to-face conference that sets its own agenda on the day and facilitates inclusive debate.
The UNsustainable UNconference comes out of FACT's response to Liverpool's Year of the Environment and the urgent need to establish a forum to advance the ecology and dialogue around the sustainability of society.
Held alongside Climate for Change, the UNconference invites communities of interest who have been engaged in this project and others who are operating through self-organising networks and alternative models of both capital and cultural production.
Join in for an experimental 'un'conference , 9 May, 12pm-5pm, to draw together Climate for Change activity and beyond - where participants set the agenda, and draft a collective wiki-manifesto throughout the day. Sign up and add yourself as a contributor participant on our wiki here and bring your laptops!
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13 May 2009
U.S., Baltimore |
Artist and educator, Hugh Pockcok is weighing all of his food and drink and all of his urine and shit. The difference between the two weights is approximately what has been transformed into Energy. "This energy is what moves my body and mind. During this period of time I am finding that I am able to more closely observe the passage of energy as it moves from the food that I eat, tthrough my body and then, through the many interactions I have, out into the world."
My Food My Poop May 22nd- Aug 16th Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, Maryland.
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12 May 2009
Out of Control
Barcelona |
KRAX is a node of reflection, meeting and action about the implication and appropriation of the citizens in the construction and transformation of the city.
The KRAX Meeting is an international meeting of creative citizen initiatives. The KRAX Meeting visualizes and connects different independent initiatives who develop new formats of political, cultural and economic organisation and participation in the city. During the 4 days of the Jornadas, groups of 7 different cities meet in Barcelona to share and to debate, among them and with initiatives from Barcelona, creative experiences of political thought and action.
From the 20th to the 23rd of May 2009.
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07 May 2009
A stage for creative/political thinking
Anywhere |
A new, quarterly print-and-online magazine dedicated to solving problems at the intersection of arts and politics. The Arts Politic creates a conversation amongst leaders, activists, and idea-makers along the pendulum of global civic responsibility.
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05 May 2009
Den Haag |
In 2009 Stroom Den Haag begins the program Foodprint: Food for the city. The program takes place over the course of two years and focuses on the influence food can have on the culture, shape and functioning of the city, using The Hague as a case study. With a series of activities Stroom aims to increase people's awareness of the value of food and to give new life to the way we view the relationship between food and the city. The program invites artists and designers to develop appealing proposals on the subject, while at the same time establishing a clear connection with entrepreneurs, farmers, food experts and the general public.
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01 May 2009
US, San Francisco |
"Founded in 2006 the Studio for Urban Projects is a research and working group that perceives art as a means of advancing civic engagement and furthering public dialogue. Their interdisciplinary, collaborative, and research-based projects aim to provoke change by reframing our perceptions of the city and physically transforming elements of the built environment.
SUP recently opened a storefront in the San Francisco Mission District. It is best described as a “collective of collectives”, a place where like-minded San Francisco art collaboratives share a space for the staging of talks, film screenings, workshops, discussions, and meals."
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21 Apr 2009
Amsterdam |
Platform21 is a platform for people curious about the future. An old, round chapel in Amsterdam is their public design laboratory where they organize exhibitions, lectures and other events.
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19 Apr 2009
US, New York |
The wonderful and active Christopher Kennedy just helped to launch: Artiscycle– a project of the Institute for Applied Aesthetics, exploring alternative models of art, design and education that help form authentic communities. The idea is to develop an appendix of best practices from collaborative artists and educators at the forefront of interdisciplinary practice and to incubate a re-imagined community learning space that will house the Institute.
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14 Apr 2009
Copenhagen, Denmark |
In connection to the coming UN summit on climate change in Copenhagen in December 2009; COP 15, a series of shows are taking place. Deep green tackles both current issues and draws lines back to an earlier history of environmental art. With Anja Franke , Nils Norman , Sergio Vega, Aleksandra Mir, The Yes Men, Camilla Berner, Tue Greenfort, Learning Site, Åsa Sonjasdotter, Andrea Polli and Free Soil.
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by Corinne Matesich
Browsing the contents of a new acquaintance's bookshelves is a common impulse. I do it all the time, sizing pe...
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Gardending Superfund Sites is an art project that fosters discourse around the issues of nature preservation, industry, and activism. Information and workshops with students and community groups to create a call to action to high tech industries to take responsibility for their actions. |
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