15.07.2010 | Social activism

The unusual trajectory of a Pakistani artist

The unusual trajectory of a Pakistani artist

The Pakistani artist Jimmy Engineer depicts his country's social and political history in his paintings, and he experiences the social realities of Pakistan, by walking... Walking and talking with the people encountered, on the middle of the road. By David Knaute, Karachi (Pakistan)

15.07.2010 | Arts and Sciences for Sustainability

Steps to an Ecology of Art, or A Short Walk to Complexity

How is walking an ecological practice? Walking can make us perceptive and open us up to an ecopraxis, attentive to the complex patterns of life. By David Haley, Manchester (UK)

14.07.2010 | Disappearing Pavements: A Provocation

Diminishing Spaces for Cultural Performances (Courtesy: Pusphpa Achanta)

Diminishing Spaces for Cultural Performances

Which spaces is left for politica-artistic performances and for traditional cultural expressions, on the shrinking pavements of creative cities? Pondering on pavements, the author questions the links between culture and development... By P. Radhika, Bangalore (India)

31.05.2010 | Sustainable Arts

The Slow Art Collective TS2 exhibition

The TS2 (Transfer Station 2) is a collaborative art installation project focused on creating a model of community-industry cooperation for environmental sustainability. The Slow Art Collective, initiators of the project, exhibited the work at the Incinerator Arts Complex in Melbourne in August-September 2009. Review by Adam Broinowski, Melbourne (AUS).

10.04.2010 | Impressions of the Conference

Creating Cities (© Peter Hebgen - Pixelio)

Creating Cities

The conference “Creating Cities: Culture, Space, and Sustainability” took place from February 25th, 2010 to February 27th, 2010 at the Japan Center of the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich. By Julia Hahn, Lüneburg (D).

06.01.2010 | Climate Conference in Copenhagen

An American Artist at COP15

For two weeks, ecological artist Aviva Rahmani was active in Copenhagen, both inside and outside the official COP15 conference. In retrospect, she accounts on her experience. Her personal account illustrates some of the difficulties felt by activists and artists who were involved at COP15 in the past month. By Aviva Rahmani, New York (USA)

17.12.2009 | Environment

Zarathustra on his way to Copenhagen (© Wikipedia)

Zarathustra on his way to Copenhagen

Who knows if there are still followers of Zarathustra in India and Pakistan? In this article, the author brings you to the megacity of Karachi, south of Pakistan. This city is a gateway to much questioning regarding the contemporary environmental crisis. By David Knaute, Karachi (Pakistan).

14.12.2009 | UN-Climate Change Conference

Sacha’s Copenhagen Diary

Alongside COP15, I am being in Copenhagen this week, taking part in a number of parallel events in the city, dealing with the role of the arts and culture for sustainability. I will give some feedback from these events on a daily basis. By Sacha Kagan, from Copenhagen.

09.12.2009 | UN-Climate Change Conference

Culture and the mirrors of climate corruption (© UNFCCC, 2006)

Culture and the mirrors of climate corruption

Art and culture are said to be the mirrors of the world as a whole. What kind of mirrors are we looking to be? Are we all becoming Hopenhageners? A few words from Copenhagen in a state of growing buzz. By Oleg Koefoed (Cultura21 Nordic), Copenhagen.

18.08.2009 | The Ktunaxa people

Life Among the First Peoples of Canada

A short insight into life among the Ktunaxa tribe of British Columbia. By Star Hungry Wolf Cardinal, British Columbia (Canada).

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