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The Politics in the Room -
In Eight Chapters
16 March - 16 April

http://www.thepoliticsintheroom.org

The Politics in the Room is an exhibition in the form of eight video episodes distributed and archived online. It is the first public project of the LUX Associate Artists Programme and is loosely structured around a comment by the American artist Gregg Bordowitz that questioned not what constitutes politics in general but rather what are the politics of the room you are in.

One Day Sculpture
New Zealand's first national series of temporary public artworks

http://www.onedaysculpture.org.nz

Litmus Research Initiative
School of Fine Arts,
College of Creative Arts
Massey University
Wellington, New Zealand

One Day Sculpture is not an exhibition. It is a cumulative series of one-day public artworks commissioned across New Zealand over one year. Featuring new work by 27 artists from 18 countries, the series includes Thomas Hirschhorn, Roman Ondák, Javier Tellez, Michael Parekowhai, Lara Almárcegui, Paola Pivi and Rirkrit Tiravanija.

This is a pretty interesting and exciting day for the US and the world.

Binaural U.S. Tour 2009
Lectures | Workshops | Concerts
January, 21st ­ February, 17th 2009
http://www.binauralmedia.org

Binaural is a Portuguese media arts collective that promotes the exploration
and research in sound, visual and new media arts, focusing on the crossing
of media and languages and on the articulation between artistic production
and the surrounding context, particularly through its activities in the
rural space of Nodar.

Binaural runs Nodar Artist Residency Center, located in an ancestral rural
mountain community of northern Portugal. Through an annual program of
residencies, are organized and produced the development of media arts
projects from international artists, followed by public presentations in the

This also was posted on the Art4Development listserv. I love reading about the intersection of art and environmental action.

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Eco Sculpture Points Way to Improving Air Quality in Cities

DUNDEE.- A new `eco' sculpture was unveiled in Dundee, by award-
winning artists Dalziel + Scullion. Catalyst, the life-size model of
a car, weighing 13.6 tonnes, has been cast in a remarkable form of
concrete that converts the airborne pollutants caused by traffic into
oxygen and nitrates, and can thereby reduce atmospheric toxins. "The
material was originally developed for use on pavements in congested
urban areas to improve air quality," says Matthew Dalziel, one half
of the artistic partnership, which is based at the University of

The below letter is from the Art4Development listserv. I really like the work they're doing - art-related with a progressive focus on 3rd-world countries. If you're interested in hearing more, read below, and have a look at their website - http://www.art4development.net.

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Season's Greetings and UgandART!

Dear Art4Development.Net eCommunity Friends:

As we approach the New Year we would like to take a moment to thank
those of you who have continuously supported Arts for Global
Development in achieving its mission. Thank you indeed!

Those of you who have not yet had the time for "making the arts work"
to create a positive change - this holiday season we encourage you to
consider unique and meaningful art works as presents for your

Hey all,

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I Choose Love

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/343623/i_choose_love_the_experience/

Opening In Paris
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid
New cinema and contemporary art

In Paris: Nov. 28 - Dec. 7, 2008

Centre Pompidou | Jeu de Paume national museum | Paris-Villette Theatre |
and other key locations

http://www.art-action.org

After Madrid in May and Berlin in July, the 17th Rencontres Internationales will create during 10 days, from November 28th to December 7th, a space of discovery and reflection between new cinema and contemporary art, a circulation between different spots in the city: at the Centre Pompidou, at Jeu de Paume national museum, at Paris-Villette Theatre, at New Latina Theater, at Goethe Institute, at Cervantes Institute, at Canadian Cultural Center, at Swedish Cultural Center and at Finnish Institute.

A very interesting article by Marjorie Garber.

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Higher art
Universities should become society's great patrons of the arts
By Marjorie Garber | October 5, 2008

WHEN THE SCULPTOR and pop artist Jeff Koons came to Harvard
University's Carpenter Center last semester for an advertised
lecture, the hall where he spoke was jammed to overflowing, and
people had to be turned away at the door. When Spanish cinema
director Pedro Almod€ ¦óvar spoke at Harvard a few years ago, a crowding
crisis was averted by the decision to hold the event twice. Similar
turnouts have greeted the artist Ed Ruscha and architect Maya Lin.

A decade or two ago, it might have been the celebrity philosopher
Jacques Derrida who was the big draw on campus, and before that, say,