Failure, with intention

Posted in Uncategorized by chrisfremantle on August 26, 2016

“To fail meant we took a risk, and because we did it with intention, knowing what we were aiming for and what went wrong, we could immediately go back to the drawing board and approach it again.”
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We need to talk about tipping points December 22, 2019
Originally posted on The Learning Planet: A tipping point is a threshold that, when exceeded, can lead to large changes in the state of the system. In the case of global climate disruption, these changes could mean a cascade of feedback effects that could destroy conditions for thriving biodiverse life and human civilisation. From a…
Green Tease for COP26 Glasgow November 13, 2019
ecoartscotland and Creative Carbon Scotland are collaborating to provide an opportunity to discuss the arrival of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change COP bandwagon in Glasgow in November 2020. The Green Tease will happen at Many Studios in Glasgow on Tues 10 December 6.30-8.30pm. See below for booking, schedule and address. 30,000 scientists, polic […]
Review: After ‘Into the Mountain’ October 11, 2019
Allen Ginsberg instructed us, “Notice what you notice” “Catch yourself thinking” “Observe what’s vivid” Earlier this year Simone Kenyon’s new work Into The Mountain, commissioned by the Scottish Sculpture Workshop, was performed in the Cairngorms. ‘After Into The Mountain’ is a reflection from John Hall, Wendy Kirkup and Simon Murray who went to Into The […] […]
Re-posting: Review of Plein Air by Silva Datum Musica on ToneShift August 21, 2019
…but they have successfully fused sound and vision with natural science to deliver an awesome ear-opener as well. Read the whole review here… and listen to excerpts here… via Plein Air by Silva Datum Musica — The Future of music one record at a time
‘We Have More Agency Than We Realize’: Curator Lucia Pietroiusti on How the Art World Can Tackle Climate Change July 24, 2019
Lucia Pietroiusti, Curator of General Ecology at The Serpentine in London, says, “The more I spend time with the practice of ecological thinking, the more I realize that one solution or a one-toned approach is just not the answer. I am driven by the fact that it is becoming quite clear now that we are […]

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