Temporary? An event on ethics, performance and oil sponsorship, 18 April 2013
Thursday 18 April – 7.30pm The White Building, Hackney Wick Free (limited capacity and places will be available on a first come first in basis) “We look for long-term partners and one of those long-term partners is BP. We all recognise they have a difficulty at the moment but you don’t abandon your friends because...
#TheOilRoad comes to Exeter University, 11th March 2013
James Marriott will be speaking at a public event organised by the University of Exeter Geography department and followthethings.com on Monday 11th March at 10am. For full details click here.
The Work of Art in Critical Times – Open Day Symposium at Falmouth University, 8-9 March 2013
Platform will be participating in a symposium at Falmouth University on The Work of Art in Critical Times. Held at the Falmouth campus on 8-9th March, the symposium will explore questions such as ‘how can the work of artists and curators be effective in critical times?’, ‘what are the various cultural, political and environmental values...
‘Spatial Politics’ event, Royal Geographical Society, 8 March 2013
Radical geographer Doreen Massey – whom we hugely admire – gives a keynote speech at this event marking a new publication on her influence on theory, culture and politics. In the ‘Political Cultures’ workshop. Jane Trowell (Platform) is speaking alongside Dr Ian Shaw (Univ of Glasgow). This is at the RGS in central London, 11 –...
Of Memory and Engineering – Armenian Institute, 26 Feb 2013
Of Memory and Engineering – The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline and Armenia Photographer Helen Sheehan and James Marriott of Platform present images and stories from the Baku-Tbilisi-Pipeline and Eastern Turkey. Drawing from Dyarbakir/Dikanakeard and Zaytoun/Zeitoun and the recently published The Oil Roadi they will explore how this massive piece of 21st century energy infrastructure was excavated through the complex...
SHAKE! Arts>>Media>>Race>>Power, 18-22 February
FREE 5-day course for 16-25 year olds.Art can be a powerful non-violent force for change.Each day Shake! creative workshops will provide space to imagine what justice looks like, experiment with new ideas, learn new tools and fire up your imagination.Over the five days, the course will include:>> interactive workshops, stimulating dialogue & skill-shares with practicing...
Green Impact Week, University of Roehampton, 13th Feb 2013
Sarah Shoraka and James Marriot will be at the University of Roehampton’s Green Impact Week on 13th Feb 2013 talking about Platform’s oil campaigns and The Oil Road. The event will be at 6pm in the Terrace Room at Froebel College. For more information see this flier or the Roehampton Student website.
Exploring The Oil Road with Transition Town Tooting, 5th Feb 2013
Tuesday 5th February 2013, 7pm Mushkil Aasaan, 220-222 Upper Tooting Road, London SW17 7EW Transition Town Tooting are co-hosting an event with Wandsworth Friends of the Earth, Transition Wandsworth and Wandsworth Environmental Forum (WEF), and Jane Trowell and James Marriott from Platform, which will investigate the global ’carbon web’, including oil and gas pipelines and shipping, investment banking, energy...
Joint book launch: The Oil Road and Societies Beyond Oil, Firebox Cafe, 31st Jan 2013
In association with Platform London, Verso and Zed Books present the joint launch of The Oil Road: Journeys from the Caspian Sea to the City of London by James Marriott & Mika Minio Paluello and Societies Beyound Oil: Oil Dregs and Social Futures by John Urry. James Marriott & Mika Minio Paluello and John Urry discuss their books which together...
The Oil Road at the Mosaic Rooms, London, Thur 13th December
James Marriott and Mika Minio-Paluello will be discussing The Oil Road at the Mosaic Rooms in Kensington. 13th December, 7pm, free The Mosaic Rooms A. M. Qattan Foundation Tower House 226 Cromwell Road London SW5 0SW In a unique journey from the oil fields of the Caspian Sea to the refineries and financial centres...
The Oil Road at Pogo Cafe, Hackney, Tues 11th December
Platform will be running an interactive workshop and discussion at the Pogo Cafe on December 11th. Europe imports more oil & gas than the US, China and India combined – driving war, pollution and poverty. This massive daily intake of fossil fuels relies on a web of pipelines, tanker routes and gas terminals – as well...
The Oil Road at the Hay Winter Weekend, 1st December
James Marriott will be speaking on The Oil Road at the Hay Festival’s Winter Weekend, 1-2 December 2012. The event is at 1.30pm in the Swan Ballroom, Hay Hotel, Church Street. Tickets are £5. BP’s oil line from Russia to the West via Iran is one of the most ambitious and contentious adventures in the...