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A first list of projects selected for the Eco sapiens events, from international applicants.
08/24/2010 23:10
A list of projects selected for Eco sapiens, from New Zealand applicants.
08/24/2010 22:50
Extinction or adaptation? Evolution or Revolution? What are we facing? The complexity and urgency of the crises of today calls for us to engage together in new ways. Deep shifts in our consciousness may be required for long-term cultural changes to occur.
10/08/2009 09:31
Grant Corbishley, a senior lecturer and coordinator of the Collaborative Projects courses at WelTec in Wellington, shares his thoughts on the last few days of the residency, and the symposium which followed.
04/13/2009 12:12
Within the persistent hum of atmos, we are now also hearing the increasingly clear message of a shifting climate. atmos gathers artists working at the borders of science, technology and ecology. The exhibition presents a selection of international and New Zealand artists who incorporate aspects of the weather directly into their practices, drawing attention to the agency of unpredictable natural phenomena. These are artists working at the borders of science, technology and ecology: some use weather in their art-making process.
03/26/2009 10:05
“All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.” Toni Morrison ( Online NewsHour interview, Mar. 9, 1998) At some point networked computers made our lives better. But equally, it is worth questioning the role they play in the construction of our societies, our economies, our education and our culture.
03/26/2009 10:04
Can TV really connect the world? Paik’s vision of television was far from Orwell’s, rather than the tools of oppression Paik foresaw a global environment of telethons, reality TV, and artistic experimentation. His was a utopian dream of the coming together of the technosocial environment.
03/26/2009 10:04
Why is artwork concerned with ecological issues often characterised as didactic or as ‘jumping on the band wagon’?Andrea Polli is an artist who is motivated by her strong ecological convictions as well as her imaginative exploration of technology’s potential rather than its limits.
03/26/2009 10:04
Andrea Polli has years of experience collaborating with environmental scientists. Andrea refutes the idea that technology should be left to the scientists and engineers. Her work develops a cultural impact, as a way to meet the pressing challenge of climate change.
03/26/2009 10:04
In Invisible Cities, Italo Calvino takes us on a fantastic journey through a series of short and unconnected narratives — “Cities and memory”, “Cities and desire”, “Cities and signs”, … In Alex Monteith’s vigilant extraction of everything save the nouns from Calvino’s text, leaving only the naming, she has isolated the conflicting energy that sits under the surface of the original text.
03/26/2009 10:04
A summary of the poroporaki held at the end of the SCANZ symposium.
02/24/2009 16:02
02/05/2009 17:32
The children of Maui and Kupe, of Prometheus and Pytheas, outwitting all odds to face the greatest challenge: that of assimilating another person’s culture while preserving their own identities, of overcoming distrust to build a shared future.
02/05/2009 09:17
Andrew Gryf Paterson’s project ‘Taranaki Platform Ecologies’ responds to and sets
out to nourish, the online platforms surrounding Puke Ariki, by exploring,
documenting and bridging online/offline aspects of the former wiki, and soon
to be kete.
01/31/2009 23:59
An interdisciplinary seminar and one-day workshop exploring current issues in Systems Architecture methodologies, which is the study of complexity within the built environment. Enabling a convergence of the nano-bio-info-cogno technologies and macroscaling of information and materials.
01/31/2009 20:13
by sarah cook
On Friday February 6, Sarah Cook from CRUMB will lead an invite-only New Media Art Curatorial Workshop at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery. Information will be forthcoming. http://www.crumbweb.org
01/31/2009 20:12
Some notes on the the history of walking art and the kinds of things I am interested in relative to walking art for participants in the 60 Springs project...
01/31/2009 13:20
A schedule for the first week of SCANZ, giving times when 60 Springs projects will take place.
01/27/2009 17:08
Raranga Tangata: the weaving together of people. This Polynesian expression, used to designate the Internet, is one of many powerful poetic testimonies to the living culture of the Maori people of Aotearoa – New Zealand. Polynesian cosmogony vividly shows how a collectively shaped and transmitted narrative can offer cognitive handles to those seeking meaning amidst the chaos of complex worlds.
01/27/2009 08:48
A paper by Sally Jane Norman, reflecting on maori culture and the relationships it has to the intertwinedness of networks.
01/27/2009 08:48
Inside Intercreate.org
Intercreate.org is a project based research centre which consists of an international network of people interested in interdisciplinary creativity. Project foci include interdisciplinary projects, education initiatives and residencies. Intercreate is a not-for-profit trust that is registered with the Charities Commmission of New Zealand.
SCANZ 2011: Eco sapiens
A symposium followed by a creative residency is to be held mid to late January 2011 in New Plymouth, Aotearoa New Zealand. The symposium will be held at Owae Marae, and seeks to bring a range of knowledge groups together to investigate the cultural roots of climate change and seek out poetically pragmatic approaches to encouraging the cultural and behavioural shifts required.
The SCANZ 2011: Eco sapiens creative residency participants include Sue Page and Janine May, Jo Tito, Andrew Hornblow, Dhyana Beaumont, Lanfranco Aceti, DodoLab (Andrew Hunter with Lisa Hirmer), Karen Ingham, ÆLab (Gisèle Trudel with Stéphane Claude), Josephine Starrs and Leon Cmielewski, Angelo Vermeulen, Justin Morgan, Jonah Marinovich, Nina Czegledy (our International Research Fellow) and Janine Randerson, Keith Armstrong and James Muller, Ramon Guardans. Dr Te Huirangi Waikerepuru, Roger Malina and Erich Berger of Arsbioarctica will be involved in the hui, to be held at Owae marae. Julian Priest's Slow Flow project is also a partner project, and will immediately follow the SCANZ 2011 residency.
The dates for the events in and around the city of New Plymouth are:
- Symposium/Hui — 14th-16th of January, Owae Marae in Waitara.
- Creative Residency — 17th-30th of January, WITT Campus in New Plymouth.
- Workshops — Throughout city, schedule to come.
- Public Events — Throughout city, schedule to come. Will include events on the closing weekend.
Solar Circuit Aotearoa New Zealand (SCANZ)
Solar Circuit Aotearoa New Zealand (SCANZ) is New Zealand’s premier art, technology, culture and ecology event and involves a symposium, creative residency, and public events and exhibitions. Occurring bi-annually, it has typically involved a mix of Aotearoa New Zealand and international artists, producers, theorists and curators many of whom are leading practitioners. Held in New Plymouth, SCANZ 2011: Eco sapiens will be the third event.
Intercreate.org gratefully acknowledges the support and partnerships of:
Creative New Zealand
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
Puke Ariki
Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki (WITT)
TSB Community Trust
and...
Phosphor Essence Ltd.
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