I. BUILDING COLLECTIVE THINKING—CREATING THE SATSANG IN 2012, WE FOUNDED 3rd Space Lab as an artist collective of seven women from Bangalore and the San Francisco Bay Area, with the common goal of establishing a new global commons. As Sister Cities, Bangalore and...
I. FORMING COMMUNITIES OF ART & SCIENCE FOR TRIAGE IN THE ANTHROPOCENE ERA Environmental War Resistors AS REPORTS OF ONE ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER after another pile up in the world, it can feel as though the earth is under military siege, a paradoxical state in...
I. EAST LONDON - A HISTORY OF STRUGGLE THE FLOW OF THE RIVER THAMES has been the lifeblood of London over many centuries. Since the first Bronze Age settlers, it has provided sustenance, transport, trade, work and pleasure for a population that now exceeds eight...
NOTE ABOUT THE TEXTS The following texts on the Refuge in Refuse project by the BRIDJE Club reflect the authors' diverse points of view, creating shared and eclectic experiences while working on this project. The project in whole is a transmedia telling of the stories...
Open only to WEAD listing artists and members, each Portfolio is curated by the Editorial Committee to showcase artists whose work reflects diverse approaches to the issue's theme. ARTISTS Jane Ingram Allen Jackie Brookner Kira Corser Char Evans Beth Grossman Jessica...
INTRODUCTION AS AN ARTIST/EDUCATOR1 WORKING with the new common core standard recently implemented in the U.S., I think it only makes sense to integrate the arts into the learning of each aspect of school curriculum. Science is my subject of choice, with a specific...
INTRODUCTION RECORDED HISTORY IS TYPICALLY charted through the deeds of great individuals. Complex narratives of conquests, revolutions, discoveries, and accomplishments are encapsulated in the biographies of such prominent personages as Attila the Hun, Alexander the...
INTRODUCTION by Lauren Elder LARISSA MARANGONI IS A remarkable exception among contemporary artists. She is a visionary based in the port city of Guayaquil, Ecuador—not currently one of the art world's 'hot spots.' She thrives there, producing eloquent, deeply...
ISSUE NO. 7 has the modest goal of spotlighting artists' strategies in initiating activist community-based art. It's a step toward illuminating the larger field, while avoiding the hubris of claiming more than is possible in this space. ...
Lynne Hull's community-participatory project in Nueva Venecia, Santa Marta, and Laguna Grande Parque Nacional, Colombia. Sponsored by Museo Bolivariano and Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia, territorial Caribe. I conducted the project with the assistance of...
You are a body of water. If you knew this, would you protect yourself? The water in your body is part of the water cycle and connected to every other body of water. If you knew this, would you want to protect all the bodies of water on the planet? I. MY FATHER I...
I. INTRODUCTION THERE'S 'DIRTY WATER' AND THERE'S 'DIRTY WATER.' Sometimes bringing dirt and water together is actually a good thing. This is when 'dirt' means 'soil,' and water is able to penetrate freely through it. Here microbes in the soil can convert the...
I. REVISITING THE ICONS ROBERT SMITHSON'S SPIRAL JETTY is one of the most frequently referenced works of environmental art. This huge spiral has been an icon in environmental art since it was created in 1970 on the Great Salt Lake in Utah. Spiral Jetty is the...
DESCRIPTION This project is based upon an investigation as to how cultural identity can be a social trigger to address ecological degradation. The research methodology draws from environmental, social and urban analyses in order to unveil the best strategy to address...
INTRODUCTION WATER HAS A SPLIT personality. On the one hand, it is gregarious, continually absorbing and dissolving other materials. Water's remarkable versatility is epitomized by its capacity to dissolve both acids and bases. On the other hand, it is meddlesome,...
I. BACKGROUND IN THE TOWN OF LEWES in East Sussex, UK, there is a piece of wetland sandwiched between the river and the town, which 50 years ago used to be industrial land - a major railway marshalling yard-- and which now due to the dismantling of the railway line...
EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION This issue proudly honors BETSY DAMON, a first-generation feminist performance artist and influential environmental art role model. From China to Pittsburg, she has made significant contributions to the art and understanding of remediating water...
I. PREAMBLE: THREE WARNING SIGNS AND A TRASH WHIRLPOOL II. OVERBURDENED WATERS There's hardly a river, stream, or brook that isn't contaminated with the runoff from human misuse, whether industrial effluents, agricultural pesticides and herbicides, or...
I. WATER: A LINK ACROSS CULTURES AS AN INTRINSICALLY EXPERIMENTAL artist I am deeply committed to making & developing art that examines, reflects upon, and helps us survive today's disjointed worlds. Artistically, I have been fascinated by water for many years,...
This issue inaugurates the first WEAD Magazine Artists' Portfolio. Open only to WEAD listing artists and members, each Portfolio is curated by the Editorial Committee to showcase artists whose work reflects diverse approaches to the issue's theme. Here they...