Hi Ruth Paint is oil based, as is our economy.... there is a direct link, as direct as a flight from Cornwall to Dublin anyway. peak oil padsxxx
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Ruth Catlow <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Patrick, > > > >"I pledge to never Paint in my pursuit....." > > I suspect, your suggestion saying 'never to paint' in your pursuits, is > from a more personal place rather than relating to global, environmental > concerns. Although, I can also imagine that you may also consider it to be a > global issue ;-) > > > marc > > > I was thinking along the lines of wanting that art related travel too! > How about "I pledge to never Paint in my pursuit....." > patrick > > On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 12:01 AM, Michael Szpakowski <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi Ruth > pretty much my every breath is dedicated to trying to blag an art > related trip outside Europe so I don't think I can do this one, or at > least not until I've pulled that off. However I am happy to promise > *never, ever* to drive anywhere in pursuit of my art... > warmest wishes > michael > > > --- On Sun, 4/12/09, Ruth Catlow <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Ruth Catlow <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] We won't fly for art : Take the Pledge > To: "NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity" > <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, April 12, 2009, 6:07 PM > > > Thanks Karen and Dimos for joining us so quickly and for setting > longer pledge deadlines; ) > > For those who'd like to join us but have tickets already booked for > art-flights before 26th April, check out the comments:- > - Karen's pledge has a 10th May as its deadline > http://www.pledgebank.com/wewontflyforart2 > - Dimos Dimitriou has 15th May > http://www.pledgebank.com/wewontflyforart3 > > Cheers > Ruth > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ruth Catlow <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected], NetBehaviour for networked > distributed creativity <[email protected]> > To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity > <[email protected]> > Subject: [NetBehaviour] We won't fly for art : Take the Pledge > Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:16:35 +0100 > > We won't fly for art for six months > but only if 6 others will do the same AND replicate this pledge by > 26th April 2009 > http://www.pledgebank.com/wewontflyforart > - Marc and Ruth > > > We will not take an aeroplane for the sake of art. For the next 6 > months we will find other ways to visit and participate in exhibitions, > fairs, conferences, meetings, residencies. We will not fly for > inspiration, nor to appreciate, buy or sell art. > > But only if 6 others will do the same AND replicate this pledge. > > This pledge is designed for exponential growth so if you persuade > another 6 people to do the same, within a year you could be one of > millions of people changing the way the artworld works. So sign up, > create a replica pledge and share your own experiences, observations and > arguments towards reducing art flights. Post a link to it in the comment > box so others can find their way to it. > > This is a public art experiment in the de-escalation of > carbon-fuelled, high altitude, high-velocity, global art careering. For > six months we choose to cover less physical distance, move more slowly > between destinations, to look futureward with more attention to the view > from the ground and the network, for ways to connect with others around > the world. > > Who can sign up to this pledge? Any individual involved in the arts: > artist (in the broadest sense), curator, art administrator, art > appreciator, gallerist, art critic, art historian, art academic, art > technician, art security, art transporter etc. Whether you currently fly > for art 50 times a year or never, your engagement will change things by > making your position in the artworld visible and by offering an > alternative perspective. If you work with others you may need to > completely revise your schedules and budgets and lobby for the right not > to fly. > > This is to light the blue touch paper of Gustave Metzger's Reduce > Art Flights campaign using the generative and viral capabilities of > social networks. We want to know more about the impact of air-flight on > the artworld (and beyond). We intuit that abstaining from air flight > will motivate and enable people (with more time, money, energy and > attention) to relate differently to their own local cultures and to > connect more imaginatively to other cultures. > > Inspirations and Observations > > Artwork- 'Reduce Art Flights' by Gustave Metzger, reviewed here > http://tinyurl.com/cnv44r > > Sustainable Development- Social science on the environmental impact > of economic growth > 'Why Politicians Dare Not Limit Economic Growth' by Tim Jackson > http://tinyurl.com/6784zw > > Investigative Journalism - What can we do to stop climate change? > Heat (2006) by George Monbiot, summarised and reviewed here > http://tinyurl.com/devyax > Monbiot's Guardian blog http://tinyurl.com/dcew6o > > Plane Stupid Campaign- 'bringing the aviation industry down to earth' > http://www.planestupid.com/ > > More Art and Ecology Links- http://delicious.com/ruthc/ecology+art > > DIWOlogue- http://diwologue.net/blog/?p=38 > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >
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