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Climate change: artists respond
Artists have a particular role in influencing society: they are informal agents of change – lobbying and advocating for societal issues. So... how are artists responding to climate change, one of the biggest challenges facing our society today? We wanted to find out more, so we asked LabforCulture editor Lidia Varbanova to investigate whether culture can influence sustainability – and if so, how? You can read the results of her interviews, mapping and analysis of key questions in the culture and climate debate in the new LfC research in focus, Climate change: artists respond.
The interviews represent a diverse group including: the artist David Buckland; the curator Michaela Crimmin; the researcher Sacha Kagan; and the diplomat Helena Drnovšek-Zorko. Each of these experts give their personal perspectives – considering the impact artists can have, discussing some of the trailblazers in the field and shedding new light on emerging ideas.
LfC's latest research in focus also maps the cultural scene for blogs, artistic projects, organisations and networks and useful data on culture and climate change. It's a fantastic resource of local work aspiring to global ambitions, international art networks connecting to science in its artistic productions and more.
As always, you can also submit your own content!
Read the Research in focus: Climate change: artists respond
Latest LabforCulture publications
Cultural Bloggers interviewed
LabforCulture asked cultural consultant Annette Wolfsberger to interview some of Europe's leading cultural bloggers and challenged them to answer questions about their motivation, business models and subsequent opportunities that came from starting their blogs. This publication brings together a collection of interviews, which have been published earlier on our website. The book also features a thought-provoking introduction about the role of blogs by Guardian journalist and blogger Mercedes Bunz. Cultural Bloggers Interviewed is a must for anyone considering the future role of cultural bloggers and online publishing.
Converging Pathways to New Knowledge
in five languages
Converging Pathways to New Knowledge is an exciting LabforCulture initiative considering the future of knowledge building and knowledge sharing within a new digital paradigm.
The first publication, reflecting on a series of online and offline discussions, is now available for download in 5 languages: French German Italian Polish Spanish
The English version of the publication can still be ordered via print on demand.
Events reports
Culturemondo meets PICNIC '10
LabforCulture and Virtueel Platform hosted the 6th Culturemondo International Roundtable and ran a series of debates as part of the PICNIC ’10 event, which took place in Amsterdam in October 2010. The workshops picked up on the key theme of the festival – Redesign the World – and considered it from the perspective of the cultural heritage and arts sector (new/online journalism, mobile cultural content and cloud culture).
Watch the video interviews with Michael Edson Soenke Zehle
Charles Leadbeater Jarmo Eskelinen
Culture and Policies for Change
In collaboration with Council of Europe / CultureWatchEurope, LabforCulture covered the "Culture and Policies for Change" conference, held in Brussels in September 2010.
We showcased video interviews and text reports, featuring (among others) Jan Truszczyński, Director General for Education, Training, Culture and Youth at the European Commission and lead thinker Jeremy Rifkin.
Cultural Policy Research Award videos
The winner of the 2010 CPR Award is Claire Bullen (UK), for her research proposal European Capitals of Culture and everyday cultural diversity: comparing social relations and cultural policies in Liverpool (UK) and Marseilles (France). The research will be carried out within one year. The final decision of the international CPRA jury was announced at an awards ceremony during the 4th Young Cultural Policy Researchers Forum in Brussels on 7 October.
We are more! - campaign launch
European Commission President, José Manuel Barroso, launched the campaign We are More in Brussels on 7 October 2010. It will be a long-running campaign aimed at gaining recognition for the part played by arts and culture in society’s development.
Initiated by Culture Action Europe and with the European Cultural Foundation (ECF) as the main partner, We are More will encourage new, experimental ways of advocating for culture. The goal? To influence policy-makers, especially at EU level, by advancing strong arguments that show how the arts can help to develop forward-looking policies across Europe and beyond.
Watch interviews and videos taken at the campaign launch!
Read also the related blog post by Lidia Varbanova
Editorial highlights
Mobility
- Clarifying Shengen visas: tips about the new visa procedures in Europe
- Discover the new European social security coordination system and what it means for artists
- Youth on the Move: the latest EU initiative to promote mobility
Funding
Cultural policy & research
- The EU consultation season has started!
- Charm and usability in policy documents
- Green paper: Unlocking the potential of cultural and creative industries
- Mapping Cultural Diversity: good practices from around the world
More cultural policy and research information in our dedicated community groups: European cultural policy and Young Cultural Policy Researchers.
European cultural cooperation projects
Here's a selection of a few outstanding European projects from the Projects section of LfCs website. Edited by Dea Vidovic, it features hundreds of regularly updated cultural collaborations from across Europe.
| A nomadic mobility programme that brings together emerging artists and professionals from the creative and cultural world who work on projects that develop transdisciplinary experiences. Nurope - The Nomadic University for Art, Philosophy and Enterprise in Europe A project that reflects on the challenges that globalisation poses to Europe, with particular attention on the economic and social development implicit in the relationship between art and enterprise. | An open space in which writers from all over the world can connect and share their stories. A project dealing with the possibilities of art in public space related to the transformation processes in different communities and neighbourhoods. |
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