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‘Raising the Shining, Reflective Shield’: the urgent need for art and sustainability policy for Ireland

A study I undertook last year (supported by a Carlow Arts Office award), which began as a review of international art and sustainability for County Carlow quickly grew to scope policy for Ireland. I have long felt that so much more could be done to highlight the central role culture has for engaging civil…Read more ‘Raising the Shining, Reflective Shield’: the urgent need for art and sustainability policy for Ireland

the key role of eco-social art practices to envision life-sustaining futures

The bodily exertions endured by Robinson during his researches and observations are, once more, indexical of a decelerated ecological vision - a mode of discovery and living that privileges immersion and depth in its relationship with the living landscape's storehouse of natural and cultural imprints. Eoin Flannery, 2016, 'Essayist of Place: Postcolonialism and Ecology', p.223.…Read more the key role of eco-social art practices to envision life-sustaining futures

Mapping Spectral Traces 8: The Place of the Wound ā€“ Attending to places wounded by the legacies of historical violence

Ā ā€œThe struggle of embracing our momentā€”is the struggle that we live in the most destructive moment in 65 million years!ā€ Brian Swimme, Professor of Integral Studies and evolutionary philosopher, The New Story, 2006 ā€œThere are opportunities even in the most difficult moments.ā€ Dr. Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize winner, first woman in Africa to get…Read more Mapping Spectral Traces 8: The Place of the Wound ā€“ Attending to places wounded by the legacies of historical violence