Interdependence Day, 1st July 2006

Renga Platform Poetry
A renga is a series of short verses linked into one long poem, composed collaboratively by a group. It is a wonderful, reflective experience which draws inspiration from the seasons and our changing relationships with the natural world. We will be writing a Nijuin (20 verse) renga which takes a day to write.

Join Artists Alex Finlay and Anne-Marie Culhane for an interdependent poem, people are invited to come and join the group to write or listen. www.renga-platform.co.uk

The future of sustainable energy
Film screenings and displays by the Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy. www.ashdenawards.org

‘The Ghost in the Machine’
All day durational art work, engraving onto the outside of a car images of the 150 million year old plant and animals that contributed to the crude oil that runs the combustion engines that threaten us with yet more extinctions. Create the ‘The Ghost in the Machine’ Artwork with Benedict Philips, www.thebenedict.net

The Clothes She Wears
A clothes installation from women around the globe, with background narratives displayed on hangers.

Electronic waste exhibition
Follow the circuits of disposal with the Electronic Waste Exhibition by Jennifer Gabrys, A series of informative graphics on the resource paths of electronics and electronic waste. www.signalspace.net

Dirt Cafe
The Dirt Cafe starts off with a meal and a discussion in a
provocative environment. It is an evolving project, that offers
evidence of how collaboration and imagination can be applied to reveal alternative scenarios, encourage joined-up thinking and include sensory, social and ethical engagement. www.dirtcafe.com. Click here to view a copy of the Dirt Cafe image.

Doctor’s Surgery
Join the Open University ‘doctors’ to help write prescriptions for a more equitable world.
See this exciting new research at the Open University’s geography department, www.open.ac.uk/socialsciences/geography/

Proboscis
Investigate cultures of listening with Proboscis www.proboscis.org.uk

Human Echoes: a dialogue on cultures of listening
Human Echoes: a half day dialogue on cultures of listening is the first stage of Proboscis’ Human Echoes project and will bring together a group of 15 experts from the arts, civil society organisations and academia. Proboscis has also commissioned artist Camilla Brueton to make a new work in response to the dialogue. The aim of the event is to
draw out what it means to create ‘cultures of listening’,
generating a set of ideas about how cultures of listening enable knowledge mapping and sharing and how that in turn can help people address concepts of interdependence in ways that are relevant to our lives.

During the afternoon Proboscis will be showing the Social Tapestries and Diffusion projects and their recent publications along with its short films Annotating the City 6mins and Topographies and Tales (work in progress) 20 mins. Members of the public attending the afternoons activities will be invited to share their thoughts on
cultures of listening, building a body of knowledge and stories on the subject throughout the afternoon.

Earthly Sins Confessional
The Earthly Sins Confessional booth is a non-judgemental
environmental advice installation, that was created by Futerra and Anti-Apathy to offer a different kind of
‘Enlightenment’. After confessing your ecological
sins, you will be asked to take a pledge – three simple
lifestyle changes that will help to relieve guilt and kick start the path to a cleaner more equitable world. www.earthlysins.org

One World
Declare you interdependence in One World, a network organisation working for sustainable development through information and communication, www.oneworld.net

D-Fuse
Join International artists and designers, D-Fuse in the Communication Session www.dfuse.com. D-Fuse Info Pack. D-Fuse Outline.

To view the programme information in pdf format click here