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Eco sapiens Hui/Symposium

All the Latest, Eco sapiens 2011: Projects, Venues & Joining Us

The SCANZ 2011: Eco sapiens symposium will be an event involving individuals from a number of different worlds. In a sharing of intersecting explorations we aim to facilitate connections, and extend perspectives on ourselves and our ecologies. Allowing the emergence of new and inventive ways of approaching the issues we are facing.

09/07/2010 12:47

Eco sapiens projects — International

All the Latest, Eco sapiens 2011: Projects

From two open calls, a number of inspiring international projects have been selected, from pollinating frocks to speaking rivers to ruminations on martian landscapes, and experimentations with techno-bio symbiotic relationships. We are now in the process of finding the final pieces for the organising of participation, installation and the local connections points for these projects.

08/24/2010 23:10

Eco sapiens projects — New Zealand

All the Latest, Eco sapiens 2011: Projects

For the 2011 SCANZ event, we have been working towards the idea of feeding inspiring ideas into the already existing eco-creative energies of the communities local to the event. Hence this year’s residency participants include a range of individuals with inspiring ideas, and the projects include many fun and creative public workshops for people to get involved with.

08/24/2010 22:50

Eco sapiens

by Intercreate Team

All the Latest, Eco sapiens 2011: Projects

Extinction or adaptation? Evolution or Revolution? What are we facing? The complexity and urgency of the crises of today calls for us to engage together in new ways. Deep shifts in our consciousness may be required for long-term cultural changes to occur.

10/08/2009 09:31

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SCANZ 2011: Eco sapiens
A symposium followed by a creative residency is to be held mid to late January 2011 in New Plymouth, Aotearoa New Zealand. The symposium will be held at Owae Marae, and seeks to bring a range of knowledge groups together to investigate the cultural roots of climate change and seek out poetically pragmatic approaches to encouraging the cultural and behavioural shifts required.

The SCANZ 2011: Eco sapiens creative residency participants include Sue Page and Janine May, Jo Tito, Andrew Hornblow, Dhyana Beaumont, Lanfranco Aceti, DodoLab (Andrew Hunter with Lisa Hirmer), Raewyn Turner & Richard Newcomb, Karen Ingham, ÆLab (Gisèle Trudel with Stéphane Claude), Josephine Starrs and Leon Cmielewski, Angelo Vermeulen, Justin Morgan, Jonah Marinovich, Nina Czegledy (our International Research Fellow) and Janine Randerson, Keith Armstrong and James Muller, Ramon Guardans. Dr Te Huirangi Waikerepuru, Roger Malina and Erich Berger of Arsbioarctica will be involved in the hui, to be held at Owae marae. Julian Priest's Slow Flow project is also a partner project, and will immediately follow the SCANZ 2011 residency.

The dates for the events in and around the city of New Plymouth are:

Symposium/Hui — 14th-16th of January, Owae Marae in Waitara.

Creative Residency — 17th-30th of January, WITT Campus in New Plymouth.

Workshops — Throughout city, schedule to come.

Public Events — Throughout city, schedule to come. Will include events on the closing weekend.

Solar Circuit Aotearoa New Zealand (SCANZ)
Solar Circuit Aotearoa New Zealand (SCANZ) is New Zealand’s premier art, technology, culture and ecology event and involves a symposium, creative residency, and public events and exhibitions. Occurring bi-annually, it has typically involved a mix of Aotearoa New Zealand and international artists, producers, theorists and curators many of whom are leading practitioners. Held in New Plymouth, SCANZ 2011: Eco sapiens will be the third event.

Intercreate.org gratefully acknowledges the support and partnerships of:

Creative New Zealand

Govett-Brewster Art Gallery

Puke Ariki

Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki (WITT)

TSB Community Trust

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Phosphor Essence Ltd.