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2013 Chicago Calling Arts Festival Event

9/7/2013

We're planning "Ars in Natura, Urbs in Horto," a 2013 Chicago Calling Arts Festival event that involves WTFrack 2013 -- which will happen in Gary, Indiana (on Saturday, October 12).

"Ars in Natura, Urbs in Horto" includes:

Panel discussion about the arts, nature, and urbanism -- with Kay Abraham, Walter Nelson Jones, Sandra Rodriguez, Corey Hagelberg, Lisa LaMarre, Sam Love, and James Cornish. We will focus on questions such as: What are some key features that define your practice? How have you drawn inspiration from your environment? What are some plans that you have, as you continue developing your practice?
Discussion about WTF2013 contributions
Poetry readings, including some poems contributed to this media gallery
Performance by the Great Lakes Ensemble

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WTFrack 2013

8/14/2013

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Over the past several years we have witnessed examples of how fracking (hydraulic fracturing) can potentially cause a lot of harm to people and the environment. The Borderbend Arts Collective is inviting artists to contribute works in response to fracking. We are looking for:

writings (poetry, fiction, essays, hybrid genres)
visual art (photography, painting, collage, etc.)
new media
works in other media

Borderbend has collaborated with many artists and organizations -- to present dynamic arts initiatives via performance, online and other platforms. "Silent Spring" at 50, Charles Mingus at 90, Bloomsday 2012 & "Ulysses" 90th are several such examples. WTF 2013 follows in this tradition.

In particular, WTF 2013 continues some themes that were explored in "Silent Spring" at 50; many people have asserted that some of the same kinds of problems that Rachel Carson exposed in her masterpiece Silent Spring are still present with us today -- including persistent denials that humans have caused environmental problems (climate change, destruction of the Mississippi Delta by oil exploration, dangers regarding fracking, etc.), attacks on scientific evidence that oppose corporate interests, and so on.

WTFrack 2013 contributions will appear in online media galleries, and contributions will also be part of an Eighth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival event that happens in Gary, Indiana.

Please send us an email, with "WTFrack 2013" in the subject line, to find out more. There may be a standalone website for this project, but this media gallery is here for now...

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