Notes from the Field: Commoning Practices in Art and Science

About

'Notes from the Field' presents aspects of Arts Catalyst’s ongoing art and citizen science project 'Wrecked! on the Intertidal Zone' with lead artists YoHa, Critical Art Ensemble, Andy Freeman and Fran Gallardo, who are working with communities on the Thames estuary. Alongside this, it presents the Arte Útil archive, a project initiated by artist Tania Bruguera, which chronicles a history of art projects that create tactics to change how we act in society.

In an archive room designed by Collective Works and ConstructLab, housing physical copies of selected Arte Útil case studies, and through exploratory workshops and discussion events, visitors will be able to speak with invited resident guests, undertake their own research, or propose new Arte Útil case studies. Contributing artists, scientists and experts to 'Notes from the Field' include Alistair Hudson, Dimitri Launder, Lisa Ma, Sylvia Nagl, Graham Harwood (YoHa), Nick Aikens, Veronica Ranner, Kat Jones (Centre for Alternative Technology), Jonathan Rosenhead (British Society for Social Responsibility in Science), Gemma Medina Estupiñan, Alec Steadman and Nicola Triscott. More names to be announced soon.

EVENT LISTINGS; Talks, Workshops and Seminars

Events can be booked via Eventbrite or www.artscatalyst.org 

Fri 29 January
Assembly on Useful Art, Science and Technology – with Veronica Ranner, Kat Jones (Centre for Alternative Technology), Dimitri Launder, Graham Harwood, Sylvia Nagl, Jonathan Rosenhead (British Society for Social Responsibility in Science), Gemma Medina Estupiñan, Alec Steadman and Nicola Triscott. 
Booking required

Thu 4 February
Socialising Activism – a talk with Lisa Ma
Booking required

Sat 6 February
Sketch a Bioluddite – a science and activism workshop with Lisa Ma
Booking required

Thu 18 February
Inter-species technologies for peripheral contexts (the Bionic Sheep project) – a workshop with Fernando Garcia Dory
Booking required

Thu 18 February
Agroecology a new kind of Neo Pastorialism – a talk with Fernando Garcia Dory
Booking required

Sat 27 February
Walking and Sensing in the City – a citizen science workshop with Andy Freeman
Booking required

Across March
A Remedy for the City – a workshop with Dimitri Launder
Fully booked

Thu 3 March
Planting in Concrete – a talk with Dimitri Launder
Booking required

Thu 17 March
Invasive Ecology – a working group with Fran Gallardo
Booking required

Friday 18 March 
Talking Dirty: Tongue First Research at the Mouth of the Thames – Book launch
Email to RSVP admin@artscatalyst.org

Sat 19 March 
Explore the Thames Estuary with your tongue – with Fran Gallardo
Drop in no booking required