This lecture explores the evolving place of the dog in societies around the world, from ancient civilizations to the modern living room.
Project Category: Nature Events
Climate crisis: from unequal impacts to collective response?
How can we turn this global emergency into a unifying force, making climate action a shared priority for everyone?
Object Lessons in Xenosolidarity
Dedicated to environmental thinking and attending to the structures of inequality that mediate the relations between human and non-human actants, this talk will explore how (art) objects can foster an encounter with alien perspectives, challenging us to fabricate new and better modes of coexisting.
Mottainai – Japanese Art of Repurposing
This talk will explore ways how Japanese people make a conscious effort to preserve what we already have and recycle as much as possible.
Skywatching: Nancy Holt’s Sun Tunnels
Simple in appearance, yet complex in execution, Sun Tunnels is a philosophical reflection on time and the cycle of nature. This talk will explore the different facets of this artwork to help us to rethink our modern conceptions ‘progress’ and ‘time’.
Japanese Calligraphy: wabi
Wabi is a concept that encourages individuals to feel its beauty in simplicity and natural authentic state of life in any objects. Join our Japanese calligraphy session and discover the concept of wabi.
Wabi Sabi: the impermanent beauty of imperfection
Wabi-sabi concept offers to embrace imperfections and appreciate simplicity, natural state and deeper meanings in them. Wabi-sabi teaches us to accept what is not under our control, to strive for excellence rather than perfection, to appreciate failures and flaws, to live simple and slow down our pace. Join Azumi Uchitani in the conversation about Japanese ideas of wabi-sabi and what ‘beautiful’ means.
Dreaming Before Nature: the art of the symbolists
The late 19th century gave birth to the symbolist movement. In rebellion against scientific empiricism (seeing is believing) that had become a dominant school of thought, the symbolists favoured what could not been seen: dreams, fantasies and the imagination.
Poetry Reading Pop-up: Environment and Nature
In collaboration with Book Club Bunch we are excited to announce our next poetry pop up! Join us as we delve into literary works and enjoy masterpieces read out loud by amazing actors! In celebration of the Earth Day, our April event will focus on Environment and Nature.
Environmental Art: An Earth Day Talk
To coincide with Earth Month, we will be looking at artists who have been inspired by Nature when creating their sculptures, installations and paintings, but also those who have incorporated elements of the world around them, physically in their art works.
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