Ecomedia

Ecological Strategies in Today's Art

12. October 2007– 13. January 2008
Opening: 11. October 2007, 19 Uhr

MVRDV: Pig City, 2000-2001

The exhibition Ecomedia presents projects founded on progressive ecological models and conceive utopian horizons in the process. It peruses fundamental considerations concerning ecosystems, sustainability, renewable energy sources, as well as visions of the future. In addition, it examines the role of art and new media over and above science, technology, and ecoactivism. The artistic approaches rooted in the link between media technologies and so-called "natural" systems such as climate, water, and earthquakes are innovative. These projects revolve around the charting of data and their audio visualization. For the most part, they circumvent common scientific technological recording methods and open up new worlds of perception (Franz John, Andrea Polli, Sabrina Raaf, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle).


Christoph Keller: The Whole Earth, 2007

Several works deal with renewable sources of energy and put alternative models forward for discussion (Christina Hemauer/Roman Keller, Andrea Polli). Others point to the contamination of the earth from the largest scale (aeronautics by Christoph Keller) down to the smallest (genetic engineering by the Critical Art Ensemble and Beatriz da Costa). A significant section is devoted to the observation of the current state of foodstuff transportation (Ieva Auzina/Esther Polak, Free Soil, Insa Winkler): This is always global, energy-intensive, and wasteful, like our misdirection of resources (Tue Greenfort, infossil). The critical documentation of the current status is juxtaposed with visions of the future and practical solutions (Tea Mäkipää, MVRDV, Yonic).


Christina Hemauer/Roman Keller: A Moral Equivalent of War, 2007

Along with interdisciplinary, public, and net-based projects that actively integrate the public in their realization (Natalie Jeremijenko, Franco and Eva Mattes, Transnational Temps), the exhibition will be accompanied by a media (art) educational programme. The questions addressed in the exhibition are dealt with here with children and adolescents in various fashions and contribute to introducing young people to cultural practice, particularly to the new media, as well to ecologically responsible behaviour.


Curators
Sabine Himmelsbach, Karin Ohlenschläger, Yvonne Volkart

Thursday, October 11th 2007, 7 p.m.

We would like to invite you and your friends to join us for the opening of the exhibition!

Greeting
Lutz Nitsche
Program Department, German Federal Cultural Foundation

Introduction by
Sabine Himmelsbach
Artistic Director of the Edith Russ Site for Media Art
Dr. Christoph Spehr
Historian and author, Bremen

afterwards guided tour throught the exhibition by the curators Karin Ohlenschläger and Yvonne Volkart

EVENTS

Friday / Saturday, 12 / 13 October 2007, 1 - 3 p.m.
PERFORMANCE IN THE URBAN SPACE OF OLDENBURG
Natalie Jeremijenko
“Environmental Health Clinic”

Sunday, 14 October 2007, 3 p.m.
SPECIAL GUIDED TOUR ECOMEDIA
Kirsten Preuss
(Biologist and Educational Department, Landesmuseum für Natur und Mensch)

Thursday, 18 October 2007, 4 – 7 p.m.
MEDIA EDUCATION PROGRAMME
Introduction for schools (registration required)
Astrid Baxmeier

Monday – Thursday, 29 October – 1 November 2007, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
MEDIA EDUCATION PROGRAMME
Webblog-Workshop for teenagers (registration required)
Franz John
“Die 1000 Augen des I-Net”
This Webblog is online and be can accessed in the exhibition during opening hours.

Sunday, 18 November 2007, 3 p.m.
SPECIAL GUIDED TOUR ECOMEDIA
Kirsten Preuss
(Biologist and Educational Department, Landesmuseum für Natur und Mensch)

Saturday / Sunday, 17 / 18 November 2007, 10 a.m.– 4 p.m., for children from 9 to 12 years
Monday / Thursday, 19 / 20 November 2007, 10 a.m.– 4 p.m., for schoolclasses
MEDIA EDUCATION PROGRAMME
Trickbox-Workshop for kids (registration required)
Astrid Baxmeier, Veronika Völker
“Rettet den Schneemann“

Sunday, 16 December 2007, 3 p.m.
SPECIAL GUIDED TOUR ECOMEDIA
Kirsten Preuss
(Biologist and Educational Department, Landesmuseum für Natur und Mensch)

Sunday, 13 Januar 2008, 3 p.m.
SPECIAL GUIDED TOUR ECOMEDIA
Kirsten Preuss
(Biologist and Educational Department, Landesmuseum für Natur und Mensch)

Filmprogramme in cooperation with Landesmuseum für Natur und Mensch

Thursday, 15 November 2007, 8 p.m.
Filmscreening (Edith Russ Site for Media Art)
Henri Seng
„Tao Di Di“, 2006, and more films from China

Thursday, 29 November 2007, 8 p.m.
Filmscreening (Landesmuseum für Natur und Mensch)
Hubert Sauper
„Darwin´s Nightmare“, 2004

Thursday, 13 December 2007, 8 p.m.
Filmscreening (Landesmuseum für Natur und Mensch)
Werner Herzog
„Lektionen in Finsternis“, 1992

Thursday, 10 Januar 2008, 8 p.m.
Filmscreening (Landesmuseum für Natur und Mensch)
Nikolaus Geyrhalter
„Unser täglich Brot“, 2005


Open hours:
Thursday - Friday 2pm - 5 pm
Saturday, Sunday 11 am - 5 pm

Tours:
Every Sunday, 3 pm
Group Tours upon request

Admission:
2,50 / 1,50 EUR

Edith Russ Site for Media Art
Katharinenstraße 23
D-26121 Oldenburg
Tel.: +49 (0)4 41/ 235 32 08
Fax: +49 (0)4 41/ 235 21 61

Press Photos

The exhibition is kindly supported by:



We compensate the CO2 emissions with "co2mpense" - an afforestation scheme by EWE Naturwatt GmbH.



More info on this at www.compense.de