Systems of Sustainability: Art, Innovation, Action (“S.O.S”), is a three-day event organized by the University of Houston’s Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts and Blaffer Gallery, the Art Museum of the University of Houston. Part arts festival, part academic symposium, S.O.S. looks at creative enterprise as an integral tool for cultural growth and social change. Experience a range of events that showcase innovative practices from local, national, and international participants including prominent artists, researchers, activists, and scholars. Events include site-specific projects, participatory activities, lectures, scholarly panels, and many opportunities for dialogue.
Why S.O.S.?
Media outlets, political figures, and retailers alike proclaim that today’s most complex global challenges can be addressed with a single word: sustainability. The sustainability movement attempts to combat some of the biggest and most fearsome problems worldwide—global warming, natural, economic and political disruptions, and social discord—and as a result permeates our everyday life.
The performing, visual, and literary arts can be highly effective in posing solutions to our biggest global challenges. S.O.S. invites you join a list of world-renowned speakers and participants in the ever-more pressing conversation about what it means to sustain our planet, our culture, and our creative enterprise.
Participants include:
Amy Balkin: Environmental Visual Artist
Brian Collier: Artist/ Researcher
Lindsay Utz: Video Curator, GOOD magazine
Lisa D'Amour: Artist
Katie Pearl: Theater Artist
Kurt Mueller: Sculptor / Art Critic
Fritz Haeg: Architect / Designer
Robert Harriss: CEO, Houston Advanced Research Center
Alexandra Broches: Photographer, Hera Gallery
Barbara Pagh: Printmaker, Hera Gallery
Marc Bamuthi Joseph: Choreographer / Writer / Performer
Richard Lerman: Sound Artist
Liz Lerman: Choreographer, MacArthur “Genius”
Michael Mercil: Conceptual Artist / Educator
Steve Nalepa: Electronic Musician / Software Developer
Dario Robleto: Artist
Stephanie Smith: Curator, Smart Museum of Art, Univ. of Chicago
Liz Ward: Painter
Caroline Collective: Technology and "creatives" co-working space
Matthew Wettergreen: Bioengineer / Co-founder, Caroline Collective
WochenKlausur: Artist Collective
Karen Stokes & Teresa Chapman: Choreographers / Performers, UH School of Theatre & Dance
SIMPARCH: Design/Build Collective
The Center for Land Use Interpretation: Research Organization
Claudia Schmuckli: Director, Blaffer Gallery, Univ. of Houston
Helen Lessick: Environmental Visual Artist
Natalie Jeremijenko: Artist/ Engineer
Sasha Dela: Artist
Philip Galanter: Artist
For registration and additional information, please visit our website: www.soshouston.org
Visit the SOS: Art, Innovation, Action facebook page.
Location: Wortham Theatre, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center, University of Houston
(Entrance 16 off Cullen Blvd; free parking in Lot 16)
Information: 713-743-5548 |