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INTERNATIONAL EVENTS & PROJECTS IN ART-SCIENCE
Events, projects, news and announcements in the fields of art and science, and space & the arts.
Section 1 - Arts Catalyst events & projects
Section 2 - International art-science news, events, opportunities, networks
Section 3 - Art-science books, DVDs & CD-Roms
Section 4 - Space, culture & the arts
Section 5 - Art & technology
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Section 1 - Arts Catalyst events
CULTURAL MISSION SPECIALIST
Wed 12 July 2006
British Interplanetary Society, 27/28 South Lambeth Road, London, UK
7 - 8.30 pm
Director of The Arts Catalyst, Nicola Triscott, presents the company's pioneering artistic and cultural work in the field of space exploration and outlines their study for the European Space Agency on cultural utilisation of the International Space Station.
BIS members: free, Non-members £5
Bookings: www.bis-spaceflight.com/sitesia.aspx/page/196/id/726/l/en
EAST OF EDEN - Opening of the Domes
Lucy Stockton-Smith & Sandwich Technology School
24 July 2006, 1 - 3 pm
Sandwich Technology School, Sandwich, Kent, UK
Ecology project centred on two microenvironment geodesic domes designed and built by Lucy Stockton-Smith and pupils and staff of Sandwich Tech School.
www.artscatalyst.org/education/eastofeden.html
If interested in attending, contact info@artscatalyst.org
MARCHING PLAGUE - Critical Art Ensemble
29 July 2006
ICA, London, UK
Event and panel discussion accompanying screening of Critical Art Ensemble's new film, commissioned by The Arts Catalyst, which centres on the recreation of sea trials conducted by the UK government in the 1950s as part of a programme of bioweapons research.
Ticket prices:
£10, £7.50 concessions & members
Bookings: www.ica.org.uk or t +44 (0) 20 7930 3647
www.artscatalyst.org/projects/biotech/caeplague.html
NEAR EARTH
21 - 25 August 2006
Roundhouse, London, UK
Courses for 14-19 year olds exploring space through digital technology, film and photography, animation, sound and music, drama and the performing arts.
Part of SPACE SOON
www1.roundhouse.org.uk/studios/courses/list.aspx
SPACE SOON
9 - 13 September 2006
Roundhouse, London, UK
For a short but intense period, The Arts Catalyst presents Space Soon, a major art event, exhibition and symposium exploring space exploration and rethinking the human desire to leave the cradle of the Earth.
Programme details to be announced imminently ...
www.artscatalyst.org/projects/space/spacesoon.html
For the latest from Arts Catalyst, go to www.artscatalyst.org
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Section 2 - International art-science news, events, opportunities, networks
IMMINENT DEADLINE: 5 JULY 2006
DISONANCIAS 2006 (Art and Innovation)
Call for artists to collaborate on joint research projects with Research Labs and R&D units in Spain (Basque Country). We are looking for 10 artists to research concepts, products and formats in 10 labs and companies.
Fee: 5.000 euros + 1.300 min for travel and accommodation (6 months external collaboration) + 5.000 euros max. for the research.
More information www.disonancias.com
PHILLIP WARNELL - NEW WORK
Thu 29 June 2006, 7.15 pm
Studio Theatre, Warwick Arts Centre, Warwick University, UK
Includes 'O' - Unseen Footage/Radiated Image (performance work in progress, 2006), featuring a miniaturized film projection falling onto a specially made contact lens, worn by the artist, using the 'eye as a cinema screen'.
www.phillipwarnell.com
INTERDEPENDENCE DAY
Mapping the ethical terrain of the 21st century&Mac226;
Sat 1 July 2006, 2pm
The Royal Geographic Society, London, UK
Interdependence Day is a chance to look at the world from a new angle. An afternoon of debate, film, art, performance and workshops.
Advance tickets £6.
j.f.smith@open.ac.uk
WELLBEING IN THE 21ST CENTURY: AN ENQUIRY INTO THE NATION'S HEALTH
11, 19 & 26 July 2006
Soho Theatre, Dean Street, London, UK
Three free public events run by the Wellcome Trust to explore the
nation's health through happiness, music and medicine.
What makes us happy? 11 July
Exploring the rhythms of life, 19 July
Full life, long life? 26 July
Short talks, chaired discussion, open floor debate and drinks reception.
Tickets must be booked in advance and are not available on the door.
Bookings: +44 20 7611 8442, events@wellcome.ac.uk
www.wellcomecollection.org.
ARTFUL ECOLOGIES Art, Nature & Environment Conference 2006
12 to 15 July 2006
University College Falmouth, UK
Conference exploring the relationship between art, process and systems thinking.
http://rane.falmouth.ac.uk/conference_frm.html
RESONANCE - THE ELECTROMAGNETIC BODIES PROJECT
To 27 August 2006
Ludwig Museum/ Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary
September 2006
@rt Outsiders Festival, Paris, France.
The exhibition explores the notions of being and desire in a society determined by our bodily immersion within an ubiquitous and omnipresent electromagnetic realm. Curated by Nina Czegledy and Louise Provencher.
www.museum.hu/search/temporary_en.asp?IDT=4229&ID=47
THE SHIP - THE ART OF CLIMATE CHANGE
To 3 September 2006
Natural History Museum, London, UK
Cape Farewell launches its first major exhibition, a unique national touring programme designed to deepen public understanding of climate change. Heather Ackroyd, & Dan Harvey, David Buckland, Peter Clegg, Siobhan Davies, Alex Hartley, Gary Hume, Rachel Whiteread and others.
www.nhm.ac.uk
ART IN PLACE
10 - 22 September 2006
Schumacher College, Devon, UK
Two week long residential course which will use art to explore the relationship between humans and the natural world, taught by Antony Gormley, Peter Randall-Page and Peter London.
www.schumachercollege.org.uk
ONCE UPON A TIME CHERNOBYL
To 8 October 2006
Centre de Cultura Contemporania Barcelona, Montalegre 5, Barcelona, Spain
Art exhibition on the greatest industrial catastrophe in the history of humankind, curated by Galia Ackerman.
www.cccb.org
AN EAR TO THE EARTH: A Festival of Music, Sound and Ecology
6-15 October 2006
New York City, NY, USA
Co-sponsored by Leonardo/ISAST
International festival bringing together work by creators from around the world - composers, sound and installation artists, scientists, naturalists, and environmentalists - exploring the interaction of humans, sound, and the environment. Festival was conceived by Electronic Music Foundation.
www.emfproductions.org/year0506/eartoearth/index.html
ARTS & ECOLOGY INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
11 & 12 December 2006
London School of Economics, UK
Key speakers from different disciplines concerned with environmental issues. Further information available shortly.
www.artsandecology.org
DAN HOLDSWORTH: AT THE EDGE OF SPACE Parts 1–3
To Jan 2007
National Maritime Museum, London, UK
Photographs from the artist's visit to the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Centre in Puerto Rico, a series produced at the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana, where Ariane rockets are launched, and Holdsworth's images of Icelandic Northern Lights. Curated by Lisa Le Feuvre.
www.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.12181
FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS AND POSTERS -
PLASTICS: LOOKING AT THE FUTURE AND LEARNING FROM THE PAST
24 - 25 May 2007
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
A two day conference covering the various issues raised by the instability of plastic materials, bringing together an international group of conservators, curators, collectors, designers, scientists, and artists.
Speakers are invited to submit proposals for papers & posters that address any of the areas outlined above. 500 word abstracts must be received by 30 September 2006.
Further information:
Dr Brenda Keneghan, B.Keneghan@vam.ac.uk t + 44 20 7942 2119
LILIANE LIJN - THE LANGUAGE OF INVISIBLE WORLDS
Essay by Liliane Lijn about her 2005 residency at the Space Sciences Laboratory UC, Berkeley.
www.artscouncil.org.uk/spaceart
SYMBIOTICA - Residency Programme
School of Anatomy and Human Biology , University of Western Australia
SymbioticA is an evolving place of artistic investigation that is accessible to people throughout Western Australia and beyond, offering artists-in-residence cutting edge technology and the ability to realise projects that involve scientific/biological experiments.
www.symbiotica.uwa.edu.au
ARTS & ECOLOGY NEWS
New project with Jeremy Deller is now underway - launching a competition to design a home for bats to be located at the London Wetland Centre in Barnes. www.bathouseproject.org
Tue Greenfort selected to realise a commission for London. More about Tue’s work at www.johannkoenig.de
www.artsandecology.org
SENSITIVE - YOUNG PEOPLE AND ALLERGY
Anna Dumitriu leads this new art/science project in collaboration with
Professor Helen Smith (Brighton and Sussex Medical School) and the Phoenix
outreach team.
http://web.mac.com/annadumitriu/iWeb/Sensitive/Welcome.html
ASCI eBulletin
Since 1991, Art & Science Collaborations, Inc. (ASCI) has been providing the
art-sci-tech community with timely information about the news, events,
exhibitions, workshops, lectures, opportunities, and resources in this
burgeoning field. The ASCI ebulletin, one of the world's most comprehensive,
multidisciplinary, hyperlinked art-sci information listings, will keep you
"ahead-of-the-curve."
www.asci.org
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Section 3 - Books, Journals, DVDS, CD-Roms
ICE BLINK: AN ANTARCTIC ESSAY by Simon Faithfull (2006)
Artist Simon Faithfull's new book of his voyage to Antartica.
A Book Works / Arts Catalyst publication.
ISBN 1 870699 92 0 - Price £14.50
http://www.bookworks.org.uk
Ice Blink: An Antarctic Essay will be available June 2006.
ARTISTS IN LABS: Processes of Inquiry
Ed. Prof. Dr. Jill Scott
Editorial Office: HGKZurich, ICS, 2006
136 Pages with color illustrations.
Inc. DVD 13 documentaries from the artists-in-lab projects
This book explores the need for the arts and the sciences to work together.
Available now through:
www.springer.at/main/book.jsp?bookID=3-211-27957-1
ISBN 3-211-27957-1
ART AND SCIENCE - Sian Ede
Is science the new art? Featuring the work of artists such as Damien Hirst, Christine Borland, Bill Viola, Helen Chadwick, Eduardo Kac and Stelarc.
Available through www.amazon.co.uk £14.99
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Section 4 - Space, Culture & the Arts
CULTURAL MISSION SPECIALIST
Wed 12 July 2006
British Interplanetary Society, 27/28 South Lambeth Road, London, UK
7 - 8.30 pm
Presenting the Arts Catalyst's artistic and cultural work in the field of space exploration.
BIS members: free, Non-members £5
Bookings: www.bis-spaceflight.com/sitesia.aspx/page/196/id/726/l/en
EXPANDING THE SPACE: Meeting & Workshop on Space & Art
4-6 October 2006
El Segle building, Sant Ferran, 12. Valencia, Spain
In conjunction with the 57th International Austronautical Congress in Valencia, Spain, the Octubre Center of Contemporary Culture and Leonardo/OLATS are organising a meeting for the local and international artistic and scientific communities in order to discuss current issues related with space and the arts.
http://mitpress2.mit.edu/e-journals/Leonardo/isast/events/spaceart2006.html
SPACE SOON
9 - 13 September 2006
Roundhouse, London, UK
The Arts Catalyst presents a major art event, exhibition and symposium exploring space exploration and rethinking the human desire to leave the cradle of the Earth.
Programme details to be announced imminently ...
www.artscatalyst.org/projects/space/spacesoon.html
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Section 5 - Art & technology
ISEA 2006 Symposium and ZeroOne San Jose Festival
7-12 August 7-13 2006
San Jose, California, US
http://isea2006.sjsu.edu
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