on converting a conifer plantation into a forest & other projects that inspire, by Cathy Fitzgerald
In 2009, I attended the inaugural international conference of Culture|Futures, that brought many cultural practitioners and cultural organisations from around the world who are involved in highlighting the role the arts will have in helping humanity envision moving to an ecological age. It was held alongside the 2009 United Nations Convention on Climate Change in [...]
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Image left: Bidon arme (Loaded Drum), 2004 Romuald Hazoume right: Treebike – image from the International freecard alliance for World Environment day, 5 June 2009 An exhibition that I stumbled upon accidentally a few months ago has stayed with me. On a visit to the Irish Museum of Modern in April 2011 I came across [...]
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Image: Softday recording with hydrophone in Killybegs harbour, Co. Donegal, Ireland | ‘We, as many others, have been concerned about the world we live in and climate change ever since we started the Bliain Le Baisteach project over 10 years ago. In fact, most of our work has in some way been reflections and explorations [...]
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"Thank you so much for your fantastic videos. They are deeply moving in their SIMPLICITY... a very clear way of COMMUNICATING this huge CATASTROPHE on an INTIMATE scale" Kevin Buckland, Art Ambassador, 350.org 2010.
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WELCOME! My ecoartnotebook is where I wrote about eco-art works that inspired me, particularly from 2008-10 & and hopefully may inspire others. I now more regularly post from my PhD research blog www.ecoartfilm.com
This site also documents the beginnings of a SLOW ART project. It's an ongoing diary in images, short films; detailing the transformation of a small monoculture conifer plantation in IRELAND into an ecologically & economically, permanent real FOREST. (this has continued on www.ecoartfilm.com)
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