NURTURING NATURE: Artists Engage the Environment

Showing Alchemy - the poetics of bread at the OSilas Gallery, Bronxville, New York, 10th February - 16th April 2011.

" For the past several decades environmentalists have foreseen an impending disaster of epic proportions if and when the planet becomes truly unable to sustain life. The artists in this exhibition are focused on healing our relationship with the living eco-system, recognizing that our very existence depends upon its survival. Their works attempt to bridge the gap between art and life by raising an appreciation of the natural world and by engaging in a collaborative or nurturing process with nature. This exhibition will focus on various spiritual or ethical traditions in relationship to our care of the planet, what Christianity terms “stewardship”, Tikkun Olam or “repair the world” in Judaism and in Buddhism, “compassion for all sentient beings”."
http://osilasgallery.org/mysitecaddy/site3/exhibitionsupcoming.htm

Gentle Actions

Gentle Actions was an art & and ecology happening with an experimental visual framework that took place at the gallery Kunstnerenes Hus in Oslo, Norway 23rd of October till 14th of November 2010. It was an interactive meeting place which combined the transformatory power of art with interdisciplinary ecology. Gentle Actions was a social sculpture that gathered people engaged in social transformation within the arts, culture, humanities, social and nature based academia together with cultural activists and an actively engaged public.  It was an interactive and collaborative platform that included dialogues and lectures, presentations, workshops, discussions, and an extensive film program curated by Oslo Dokumentarkino in collaboration with Gentle Actions. The exchange of knowledge, ideas and experience was integral to the project and we hope that Gentle Actions will generate new ways of thinking and acting to face the enormous challenges we are facing on earth at this moment.

Gentle Actions was shaped by Anne Karin Jortveit and Eva Bakkeslett, in collaboration with the gallery Kunstnernes Hus and Oslo Dokumentarkino. For more pictures and information go to our website: http://gentleactions.wordpress.com

POTETPERSPEKTIVER

Gentle Actions har endelig fått sine første synlige manifestasjoner!  Søndag den 6. juni var det potetnedsetting i “Kunstnernes Hage” med Åsa Sonjasdotter og elever fra Kunstakademiet i Tromsø.  En av studentene vokste opp på gård med potetproduksjon, og bidro med kunnskap han også.  Da jorda var steinhard etter langvarig tørke måtte den spavendes. Den innleide jordfreseren ikke hadde sjans.  Alle tok i et tak og Linus Elmes, daglig ledeer for UKS, var også med.  Linus donerte en potet som hans lille datter fikk da hun ble født (se bilde..) den er plantet i hjørnet ved løvestatuen.  Den ble en maskot for hele happeningen!

En fantastisk begynnelse på et fruktbart prosjekt.

Følg med - følg med!

Her er link til Åsa Sonjasdotters Potato Perspectives for den som vil utdype innsikten:  http://www.potatoperspective.org/
Og her er blog om vårt prosjekt Gentle Actions - høstens store kunst og økologi happening på Kunstnernes hus i Oslo: http://gentleactions.wordpress.com

Kunstgjødsel - fra tanke til en tiger på tanken

A talk about the creative power of art at the conference "Tenk om" about culture and business in Steigen.

GENTLE ACTIONS

Gentle Actions is an art & and ecology event with an experimental visual framework that will take place at the gallery Kunstnerenes Hus in Oslo/Norway from 22.10-14.11.2010.  It will be an interactive meeting place, which combines the transformatory power of art with interdisciplinary ecology.

The challenge of achieving sustainability, in the face of the complex crisis of civilization combining ecological, social, cultural and economic dimensions, demands integrated understanding and responses.  This requires making creative connections across disciplines and boundaries. 

Gentle Actions will function as a social sculpture and meeting place for engaged people within the arts, culture, humanities and social and nature-based academia together with cultural activists and an actively engaged public. The exchange of knowledge, ideas and experience is integral to the project.  We hope that Gentle Actions will provide ideas and concrete examples for new ways of thinking and acting.

Gentle Actions will be challenging and innovative within the artworld but also establish new connections, create dialogue across disciplines and expand our notions of ecology and sustainable solutions to deal with the enormous challenges we are facing on earth at this moment.   

There is no time to lose.

Kunstnernes Hage

The first step towards this autums big art and ecology event in Oslo:  Gentle Actions.
"Kunstnernes Hage" - "The Artists Garden"
Workshop in Oslo on the 16th of June outside Kunstnernes Hus.

BLI MED OG LAG KJØKKENHAGE FORAN KUNSTNERNES HUS I OSLO
Tid: 16 juni kl 17-20
Sted: oppmøte ved Kunstnernes Hus, Wergelandsveien 17
Hvem: Marianne Leisner leder workshopen
Påmelding: mail til info@katjahost.com
Lær om økologi, samplanting av nyttevekster, fletting av pilgjerde, og hvordan lage kompostbinge mens vi sammen skaper Kunstnernes hage foran Kunstnernes Hus. Prosjektet er kunstneren Katja Høst sitt bidrag til utstillingen Gentle Actions som åpner på Kunstnernes Hus 23. oktober. Hagen vil fungere som et forprosjekt til selve utstillingen og den nye restauranten på stedet vil lage mat basert på råvarer hentet fra hagen.
Les mer på: gentleactions.wordpress.com

 "Levende Kulturer - et lite foredrag om yoghurt og kulturer som vandrer og forvandles" på Ungdomshuset i Bø på Engeløya Lørdag den 22. mai kl. 12. Kaféen har åpen 11-14.

KOBRA

Baking bread as a gentle revolution against capital forces on the Swedish Cultural show KOBRA, 08.12.09 at 21.30. Can also be viewed streaming for a month.