How an artist uses the world wide web to counteract the destruction of the environment. Von Aviva Rahmani, New York (USA).

Art is part of the social order, when it closes itself self-referentially, gives in to political forces or escapes reality. What does art look like, when it contributes to transforming society? Von Sacha Kagan, Lüneburg (D).

Art breaks order, instilling a disorder that leads to a new order.Creativity introduces different perspectives than the ones commonly established in society.Thereby, art re-discovers reality, whereby the moment of re-invention is a mysterious moment, according to Ilaria Riccioni: A moment when the mundane enters in connection with the universal. Von Ilaria Riccioni, Bozen (I).

"Logic brings you from A to B, Imagination brings you anywhere" (Albert Einstein). Hans Dieleman takes on the quote and describes the borders of science. Science doesn't manage to describe things as a whole and explanations collide with the boundaries of the disciplines. Science and politics need art, to grow beyond their horizons. Von Hans Dieleman, Mexico City (MX).

In the 21st century societies worldwide find themselves faced with existential challenges, such as the diminution of the biological diversity, third world poverty, the growing world population and a seemingly non-stoppable climate change, of which people are aware but which they also too often tend to push aside. Social problems are to be solved with further economic growth, public control and military security, and as an answer to the evident ecologic crisis, new technologies are celebrated as the all encompassing solutions. This is the point of departure of the Institute “Cultura 21” and its work, criticizing not only the status quo of globalized structures and their effects on cultural and ecological systems but also the dominant strategies of cultural, social and political actors that basically don’t have the objective to bring about real changes.

The German Web Magazine Cultura21 (PDF)

Mexico is a key state in terms of both bio-diversity and cultural diversity, and yet many Mexicans are not really aware of that. How does the University of Mexico-City want to rise up to the challenge of sustainability? Von Hans Dieleman, Mexico-City (MX).