Symposium Explores Art And Global Climate Change

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Symposium explores art and global climate change


“Cultures of Sustainability” is a cross-disciplinary symposium that will present a

diverse range of papers on global climate change and environmental sustainability.


Co-convenor, RMIT University’s Dr Linda Williams, said the one-day symposium

on Saturday, 27 September, would look at contemporary creative cultural forms

that focus on the pressing issues of global environmental change and

sustainability, with water as one of its key themes.


“This event is based on the idea that, along with scientific responses to

environmental degradation, creative responses from a wide range of fields are

needed to respond to the rapid environmental changes that have such serious

consequences for us all,” Dr Williams said.


The symposium will include presentations from key Australian art and design

practitioners, academics and writers, along with a keynote address by Dr Wendy

Wheeler, an eminent scholar in the international field of biosemiotics.


Dr Wheeler, Reader in English at London Metropolitan University, will speak on

“Creative Evolution: A Theory of Cultural Sustainability”.

 

Her talk will focus on the question of what constitutes creativity, both in nature and

in culture.


The symposium is organised by the Art and Sustainability Research Cluster in the

School of Art at RMIT, in partnership with ASLE-ANZ (Association for the Study of

Literature and Environment – Australia New Zealand) and the RMIT Design

Research Institute. 


It is being held in association with Heat, a major international art exhibition at RMIT

Gallery, which also addresses artists’ responses to climate change.


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What: “Cultures of Sustainability” one-day symposium

When:  Saturday, 27 September, 9am 5pm

Where: RMIT University Storey Hall, 342 Swanston St, Melbourne




For interviews or comment: Dr Linda Williams (03) 9925 2369 or

linda.williams@rmit.edu.au.

 

For general media enquiries: RMIT University Media and Communications,

Deborah Sippitts (03) 9925 5047 or 0400 844 075.

24 September, 2008   






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