“Ecological Art is an art practice, often in collaboration with scientists, city planners, and architects that results in direct intervention in environmental degradation. Often, the artist is the lead agent in that practice.” Aviva Rahmani, 2006

Virtual Cities and Oceans of If - An International Virtual Residency and Event on Global Warming hosted by Aviva Rahmani on TalkShoe.com. Virtual Cities and Oceans of If addresses global warming and political conflicts by demonstrating, analyzing and interpreting the local impact of global warming at international real world sites. Aviva Rahmani talks with artists, scientists, and others every Tuesday morning at 10 am. Guests are ecological art practitioners and affiliates.

Coming up:

10:00 AM EDT Tue, January 8, 2008 “What Does Sex Have to Do With it?” with Carolee Schneemann
10:00 AM EDT Tue, January 15, 2008 “Business Systems designed by artists?” with Paul McCarthy
10:00 AM EDT Tue, January 22, 2008 “Public Art and ecological art” with Wendy Feuer
10:00 AM EDT Tue, February 19, 2008 Karen Frostig, co-editor of Blaze

Episodes are participatory and accessible live by regular phone, Skype or computer. They can be downloaded directly from the TalkShoe site or iTunes after recording.

About Aviva Rahmani

Ecological artist Aviva Rahmani’s work has reflected environmental and social concerns throughout her forty-year career. Her projects range from complete landscape restorations to museum venues that reference painting, sound and photography. Early influences on her work include interdisciplinary classical studies, activism, city planning and the merging of science with aesthetics. Rahmani’s current work reflects her interest in the application of GIS and other mapping analysis, to “explore potential solutions for urban and rural water degradation in large landscapes.” Rahmani has taught, lectured and performed internationally, and is the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships including two from the Nancy H. Gray Foundation for Art in the Environment in 1999 and 2000. She is currently using the internet “to perform residencies without the international travel that spews jet fuel over the earth’s waters.”