http://transnationaltemps.net/spill/
Opening: July 30th, 2010
MediaNoche’s gallery space at 102nd Street / Park Ave.
New York City
6-8pm
Exhibition running from July 30-September 14, 2010
Hourse: Wednesday – Friday, 3-7pm

Responding to what has been called the United States’ worst ever environmental crisis, the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico frames this forward-looking group exhibition. Following on the heels of a decidedly unsuccessful round of climate negotiations in Copenhagen, the months of news coverage of oil gushing into the Gulf have provoked widespread unease with business as usual. As BP desperately attempts to recover both the oil and its public image, artists and designers from around the world are wrestling with the question of sustainability in the aftermath of these shocking events.

The Deepwater Horizon accident coincided with the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, a custom that itself came about partly in response to the Union Oil Platform A oil spill in Santa Barbara (1969). That spill, relatively small in comparison, catalyzed an environmental movement and the formation of the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States. It remains to be seen what lessons and institutions may arise from this summer of junk shots and containment domes, but there can be little doubt that the stakes are high. The Gulf of Mexico, already reeling from deoxygenated ‘dead zones’ due to pollution arriving via the Mississippi River, now faces unprecedented ecological challenges stemming from both the oil and chemical dispersants. Moreover, these events call attention to the problem of fossil fuel dependency in this era of global warming. The passionate and incisive responses of contemporary artists, unencumbered by journalistic norms of decorum, are an opportunity to see these historic events through the eyes of others who are fed up with humanity’s unintended war on the environment.

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MediaNoche is the place where art, technology and community converge. We offer artists working in new media exhibition space and residencies in order to provoke a dialogue that blurs all lines of marginality and alterity. Unique among art and technology groups, MediaNoche is directly linked to the oldest Latino community of New York City, Spanish Harlem, and has showcased a roster of local and international new media artists. http://MediaNoche.us

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Transnational Temps is an international arts collective concerned with ecology, sustainability, and media. Since its formation in 2001 it has produced a series of critically acclaimed works and exhibitions under the banner Earth Art for the 21st Century. Working primarily from Europe and the United States, works to date have emphasized participation, tactical media, and spanning the sometimes awkward divide between activist advocacy and aesthetics. http://TransnationalTemps.net

Transnational Temps wishes to thank Sylvie Marchand and Sabrina Grassi-Fossier for their invitation. Many thanks also to the EESI which took part in the workshop, helped develop the rules of engagement, and played in the streets of Poitiers.

We invite Gorilla Coffee to paste information about the mountain gorilla on its packaging. Did you know that only approximately 750 mountain gorillas remain in the wild? When images of wild animals are duplicated endless in entertainment, and product packaging, it can be easy not to notice that the habitats these animals need to survive are disappearing.

This picture  is a simulation of the Gorilla Coffee product, improved by ecoartivistic intervention. This is an invitation for the company to contribute to the growth of consciousness about the ecological distress of endangered species.

O Transnational Temps é um coletivo de artes que reúne artistas e ex-artistas em torno de um mesmo assunto : os problemas globais, com uma orientação global e midiática. O site do EcoScope (www.eco-scope.org) é dividido em alguns canais que servem como pano de fundo para fomentar discussões, como o canal do ozônio, da água e do desmatamento. O usuário pode navegar pelos canais e colaborar deixando uma mensagem.

Reblogged from Igor’s post at ecoarte.info

The title ‘ecoartivismo’ expresses the union of ecologically-themed art and ecological activism. It invokes the term ‘artivismo’ while attaching it to environmental themes like sustainability, extinction, climate change, and ecology. The site will be increasingly multi-lingual, incorporating the native spanish, french, and english of Transnational Temps co-founders Verónica Perales, Fred Adam, and Andy Deck.

Visit it on the ‘net at ecoartivismo.net.

Exxon has also been found to be guilty of astroturfing – simulating grass roots activities for the purposes of public relations or industrial persuasion. The Wall Street Journal and ABC News nailed Exxon for producing an anti-Al Gore video and using a front to distance itself from it.

* http://www.youtube.com/v/IZSqXUSwHRI
* http://www.bloggersblog.com/cgi-bin/bloggersblog.pl?bblog=806062
* http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2273111&page=1

Partnering with various environmental organizations, the Simio Mobile seeks to spread awareness of coltan’s malign effects using fun and pop sensibilities aimed at youth culture.

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