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Un nouveau rapport interpelle BP et le Royaume-Uni sur des accords de gaz et d’armement avec le régime algérien
Un nouveau rapport interpelle BP et le Royaume-Uni sur des accords de gaz et d’armement avec le régime algérien. Le rapport estime que les politiques extérieures britanniques et européennes renforcent un régime répressif et corrompu, en donnant la priorité aux intérêts des entreprises des énergies fossiles et à la main mise sur le gaz algérien,…
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A Temporary Difficulty? The Tate Modern audio tour revamp
Guest blogpost by Phil England. It was four years ago this week that the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded while drilling into BP’s Macondo oil well, killing eleven people. In a report issued last week, the National Wildlife Federation records that over 900 bottlenose dolphins have been found dead or stranded in the area since…
25 Apr 2014 admin -
Slow travel across the Gobi – an extract from ‘Only Planet’
We’re no strangers to the joys and challenges of slow-travel at Platform – check out James Marriott’s account of his container ship journey across the Atlantic last summer . It’s a constant question to re-negotiate for us about how much attempts to travel in a less climate-trashing fashion can bump up against our effectiveness in…
17 Apr 2014 admin -
Stolen dreams and the small people – BP, Russia & Deepwater Horizon
I’d wanted to to attend the BP AGM, but confined to my sick bed I had to make do with following it online. Watching the company webcast, reading the transcripts of the speeches and, most vitally, following the brilliant live-tweets of my colleagues Louise Rouse of ShareAction and Charlie Kronick of Greenpeace UK. In part…
11 Apr 2014 james -
Self- Reparations: Art, Activism & Well-being
via voices that shake! “Creativity is the immune system of the mind” Once again I was shaken by the Shakers! Feel very honoured to be one of the facilitators on this project as the generosity, trust, desire to learn, share, give and work together for change is genuine and inspiring from all. This is now…
7 Apr 2014 admin -
Time for Tate to stop being so shady over BP sponsorship
We’re a more open organisation than any equivalent organisation in the world… —-So said Nick Serota back in 2008. More open than the National Gallery, for instance, who took three weeks to reveal its £30,000 /year sponsorship deal with Finmeccanica to Campaign Against the Arms Trade? Or how about the Natural History Museum, who took…
4 Apr 2014 admin -
DIY 11: 2014 Call for proposals
Want to run training for artists on race & intergenerationality? In partnership with LADA we are making a call for proposals on the following theme: Let Go Of The Shore* Shake! seeks proposals on live art, intergenerationality and race. You are invited to devise a project that brings together artists committed to thinking and making…
2 Apr 2014 admin -
March 2014 – Egypt, the Arctic and events in London & Oxford
March 2014 – Egypt, the Arctic, Oxford & London 20 March 2014 Dear All,New research from us in Egypt and the Arctic, upcoming events in London and Oxford, updates from the last Shake! course, and some thoughts on how arts organizations can approach the tricky issue of ethical fundraising. Gas corruption in Egypt We released our new…
20 Mar 2014 admin -
Arts and Ethical Fundraising Policies – you know they make sense
In the context of the furore that’s raging about artists provoking the Sydney Biennale to reject funding from Transfield Holdings – who run offshore detention centres for asylum seekers – now is the moment to really grasp just how incendiary the sources of our funding can be. Or to put it positively, just how important…
19 Mar 2014 jane
