Event
Point of Listening #13 – Audient, with Viv Corringham
11 Mar 2015
GV Art
London, United Kingdom
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Aral Sea Stories
Event
Points of Listening with Peter Cusack: Aral Sea Stories
11 Feb 2015
Event times
18.15
Cost of entry
Free (Booking required)
Address
- London College of Communication
- Elephant & Castle
- London
- SE1 6SB
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Elephant & Castle
Event map
Points of Listening (PoL) is a monthly programme of listening workshops, activities and discussions based in and around London. For PoL #11 Peter Cusack will be presenting 'Aral Sea Stories: Tahrira, golden carp, untraceable artists who restore fishermen to ships stranded in the desert and other tales'.
About
PoL # 12 Aral Sea Stories: Tahrira, golden carp, untraceable artists who restore fishermen to ships stranded in the desert and other tales.
Fifty years ago the Aral Sea in Central Asia was the planet’s fourth largest lake. In the decades since it has virtually disappeared; a victim of the disastrous cotton irrigation schemes that extract most of the water from its feeder rivers. However today Kazakhstan is making a surprisingly successful attempt to restore the small part of the North Aral within it’s territory. Water levels have risen, native fish species have spectacularly increased, wildlife is returning and, although there is a long way to go, improvement to the environment are obvious. The fishing industry is employing local people once more, bringing work into an impoverished and depopulated region.
This event is now fully booked. To reserve a place on the waiting list please email: s.voegelin@lcc.arts.ac.uk
