NEWSLETTER
APRIL / MAY 2010
 

INDOC. Documentation Centre about Art and Nature

AStudents of the ‘Landscape and History’ course (2009) visit a landscape installation by David Nash in Berdún.

Registration period open for Landscape and Heritage course

At the end of June, the CDAN will offer the fifth ‘Thinking Landscape’ course, the last in a series of courses that have looked at landscape in relation to a number of specific themes. Previous courses have examined the relationship between this concept and thought, art, territory and history, respectively. The deadline to register for the upcoming course is 16 June 2010. [+]

  

Art and Nature

Sur le Sentier des Lauzes

Imagen pequeña de la Sinclaur HausThis art project was initiated in the Cévennes Mountains of south-eastern France. The aim is to use contemporary art to highlight the value of landscape and stimulate local development. [+]

Bibliographical collection

Find out about some of the most interesting documents recently added to the INDOC collection. [+]


Brief news items and calls

INDOC receives information that may be of interest to you on grants, aid, educational programmes, etc. related to art and landscape (available only in Spanish). [+]

Publications

Natural Architecture

Imagen de la portada pequeña del catálogo de Revolviendo en la basuraIn the pages of this book, readers will see how certain artists and architects are using the act of construction to create a new relationship between humans, nature, landscape, and the environment. [+]

CDAN Calendar

All of the activities and services offered by the CDAN over the next few weeks. [+]

Guided tours of the CDAN

Imagen en la que aparecen un grupo de visitantes en el CDANThe CDAN’s Education Department offers free guided group visits. Times for visits must be arranged in advance. Visits can be scheduled on weekends at three different times: Saturdays at 12 noon and 6pm, and Sundays at 12 noon. [+]

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from the CDAN

If you wish to stay informed of CDAN activities, send an e-mail to difusion@cdan.es .

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CDAN opens the exhibition Measurable

Measurable, which will be held from 14 May to 19 September at the Centro de Arte y Naturaleza, focuses on how images (mainly photographic, but also film, video, and even spectrographic images) can be used as a means of analysing and exploring diverse scientific aspects of reality related to nature. The exhibition is curated by Pablo Llorca. [+]

 

IImage from the ‘Stork’ series by Ottomar Anschütz (1884). Archive of the Universität der Künste in Berlin. This series directly inspired the invention of the airplane..

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

An image of one of the proposed sites for the art installation. Photo available in the website’s download section.

International competition:
Land Art Generator Initiative

Land Art Generator Iniative (LAGI) is an art project promoted by Dubai’s Zero Impact Art Gallery. The aim of the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) is to involve artists, architects, landscape architects, scientists and engineers in the construction of a series of land and environmental art installations in the United Arab Emirates. Works must combine aesthetic value and clean energy generation. The deadline for submissions is 4 June 2010. [+]

  

CDAN opens call for applications for María Sarrate research grant

One of the aims of the Beulas Foundation is to support and promote research and study of contemporary art. In line with this objective, the CDAN is inviting applications for the third María Sarrate grant for research focusing on the Beulas collection and contemporary art. The deadline for submitting applications is 1 July 2010 at 2:00 p.m. [+]

A view of the outside of José Beulas’ studio.

  

Still from 'Journeys North: Pioneer' by Grace Numbi Ndiritu, the winner of the 2009 edition of the competition.

New edition of the audiovisual competition Instantes de paisaje

One of the aims of the CDAN, the Beulas Foundation’s Centro de Arte y Naturaleza, is to foster study of the relationships between art and nature. The Landscape Moments competition will select a maximum of 10 projects that promote audiovisual creation and the idea of landscape. The deadline for submitting projects is 2:00 p.m. on 1 September 2010. [+]