LORRAINE BEAULIEU Arts visuals: www.lorrainebeaulieu.com The sphere of Sisyphus made of 1500 empty water bottles, created by Lorraine Beaulieu on the island of Hydra, in the space above the water cistern. Then it rolled in the streets of the island, accepted the first autumn rain at the port, passed the Saronic Gulf and end up next…

The ex Oceano collaborative team is thrilled to congratulate composer Matthew Dewey on his appointment as Music Director, ABC Classic FM!  The position was created as a result of the changes to the network’s funding and structural changes that were announced last year.  The Music Director’s editorial role covers all of the network’s music output. Wonderful news, Matthew!  

Writing in The Conversation David Karoly, Professor of Atmospheric Science at University of Melbourne writes: . . . Contemporary art, with its intimate connection to the time in which it arises, has the intellectual and creative capacity to be a powerful trans-disciplinary change agent, bringing together otherwise disparate fields of science, policy and politics. Art and…

Vanishing Point – A MUST!

Artists: Sophie Carnell Katherine Cooper Ron C Moss Toby Muir Wilson and Peter Walsh Scientists Dr Heidi Auman Dr Frederique Olivier Dr Patti Virtue   Enormous congratulations to the Vanishing Point collaborative team for this marvellous exhibition opened before a great throng of people on Friday evening, 1 May.  Take a look at the works exhibited…

ART+CLIMATE=CHANGE 2015 in the news:

STOP PRESS: Huffington Post names ART+CLIMATE=CHANGE in top 10 global climate events for 2015. www.huffingtonpost.com The Age 30 March The Guardian Broadsheet The Age 9 April ABC Radio National Books & Arts Huffington Post 3RRR The Sydney Morning Herald    “Throughout history the arts have played a major role in recording and reflecting the state of…

Vanishing Point – data underpinning the work

Full scale of plastic in the world’s oceans revealed for first time: More than five trillion pieces of plastic, collectively weighing nearly 269,000 tonnes, are floating in the world’s oceans, causing damage throughout the food chain, new research has found. Data collected by scientists from the US, France, Chile, Australia and New Zealand suggests a…

WWF report’s on the value of the Ocean

Oceans are world’s seventh largest economy worth $24tn, says WWF report Silence-to-me: Michaye Boulter . . .The report, commissioned by WWF, states the asset value of oceans is $24tn and values the annual “goods and services” it provides, such as food, at $2.5tn. This economic clout would make the oceans the seventh largest economy in…

CLIMARTE: addressing climate change through art

The Age:  25th April Climate change and its effect on the world’s many ecosystems is arguably today’s greatest collective challenge. No longer in the singular domain of the scientist or environmentalist, we are each, to a greater or lesser extent, implicated in the impacts of climatic changes. As we begin to accept responsibility for our…

Listen to a range of excellent speakers in this CLIMARTE conversation Moderator:  Rafael Epstein, ABC journalist 774 Drive radio program Speakers: Guy Abrahams: CEO and Co-Founder, CLIMARTE Dr Damon Young: Philosopher, University of Melbourne Mandy Martin: Artist, Adjunct Professor of Art, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Canberra Dr Peter Christoff: Climate…

CLIMARTE is happening!

The inaugural ART+CLIMATE=CHANGE festival is underway! An excited crowd attended the Ian Potter Museum of Art last week to launch the awaited ART+CLIMATE=CHANGE 2015 Festival. CLIMARTE ambassadors Professor Peter Doherty and Maudi Palmer officially opened the festival. Follow the CLIMARTE website over the next days and pick up on what’s happening. Watch Guy Abraham’s  speak about…