Hello Marc & Ruth, I have signed up - I know it's mad, but I have a worrying feeling that most people out there are more likely to choose their careers and carry on with their flights, over the planet's safety. It is an extremely challenging request.
We'll see - great idea by the way. I also like the image created for it :-) karen On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Ruth Catlow <ruth.cat...@furtherfield.org>wrote: > We won't fly for art for six months > but only if 6 others will do the same AND replicate this pledge by 26th > April 2009 > http://www.pledgebank.com/wewontflyforart > - Marc and Ruth > > > We will not take an aeroplane for the sake of art. For the next 6 months we > will find other ways to visit and participate in exhibitions, fairs, > conferences, meetings, residencies. We will not fly for inspiration, nor to > appreciate, buy or sell art. > > But only if 6 others will do the same AND replicate this pledge. > > This pledge is designed for exponential growth so if you persuade another 6 > people to do the same, within a year you could be one of millions of people > changing the way the artworld works. So sign up, create a replica pledge and > share your own experiences, observations and arguments towards reducing art > flights. Post a link to it in the comment box so others can find their way > to it. > > This is a public art experiment in the de-escalation of carbon-fuelled, > high altitude, high-velocity, global art careering. For six months we choose > to cover less physical distance, move more slowly between destinations, to > look futureward with more attention to the view from the ground and the > network, for ways to connect with others around the world. > > Who can sign up to this pledge? Any individual involved in the arts: artist > (in the broadest sense), curator, art administrator, art appreciator, > gallerist, art critic, art historian, art academic, art technician, art > security, art transporter etc. Whether you currently fly for art 50 times a > year or never, your engagement will change things by making your position in > the artworld visible and by offering an alternative perspective. If you work > with others you may need to completely revise your schedules and budgets and > lobby for the right not to fly. > > This is to light the blue touch paper of Gustave Metzger's Reduce Art > Flights campaign using the generative and viral capabilities of social > networks. We want to know more about the impact of air-flight on the > artworld (and beyond). We intuit that abstaining from air flight will > motivate and enable people (with more time, money, energy and attention) to > relate differently to their own local cultures and to connect more > imaginatively to other cultures. > > Inspirations and Observations > > Artwork- 'Reduce Art Flights' by Gustave Metzger, reviewed here > http://tinyurl.com/cnv44r > > Sustainable Development- Social science on the environmental impact of > economic growth > 'Why Politicians Dare Not Limit Economic Growth' by Tim Jackson > http://tinyurl.com/6784zw > > Investigative Journalism - What can we do to stop climate change? > Heat (2006) by George Monbiot, summarised and reviewed here > http://tinyurl.com/devyax > Monbiot's Guardian blog http://tinyurl.com/dcew6o > > Plane Stupid Campaign- 'bringing the aviation industry down to earth' > http://www.planestupid.com/ > > More Art and Ecology Links- http://delicious.com/ruthc/ecology+art > > DIWOlogue- http://diwologue.net/blog/?p=38 > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >
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