[microsound-announce] Spill >> Forward

[art context]

The disaster in the Gulf of Mexico motivates this exhibition, presented by 
Transnational Temps and hosted by MediaNoche.



http://transnationaltemps.net/spill/

Deadline for submission: July 20th, 2010



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
 		 	   		  
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