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The Jellyfish Theatre - work in progress

The Red Room, a theatre company which promotes social justice through their programme, and the Architecture Foundation have commissioned award-winning Berlin-based architects Köbberling/Kaltwasser to create a temporary theatre in a public playground in Southwark, in South London.

 This exciting new venue will be made entirely from recycled and reclaimed materials, like junked theatre sets and Covent Garden market pallets. Designed for 100 seats, the Jellyfish will be open from 26 August to 9 October, during which time it will also be used as an exhibition space. Two of the UK’s leading playwrights, Kay Adshead and Simon Wu, have written two environmentally-themed plays especially for performance in the theatre.

For more information please see The Red Room and KOEBBERLING / KALTWASSER 

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Silvers Alter. Gina Czarnecki, 2002/2003

Arts Catalyst and super/collider team up to bring together Stephen Wilson, Professor of Conceptual and Information Arts at San Francisco State University and author of ‘Art + Science Now’ (2010), with Liverpool multi-media artist Gina Czarnecki for Arts Catalyst’s monthly pop science evening.

Stephen Wilson will talk about Art and Research, exploring the idea that the arts can probe emergining technological and scientific developments by becoming an independent zone of research, which undertakes investigations ignored or discredited by commercial interests and academic science. This will also be an opportunity to hear more about his newly published book ‘Art + Science Now’, which provides an in-depth presentation of aritsts who are working outside both the traditional institutions of museums and galleries, as well as outside what is culturally accepted as art by probing philosophical and social questions connected with cutting-edge scientific and techological research.

Gina Czarnecki will present on ‘Wasted’, a body of inter-related artworks exploring the life-giving potential of ‘discarded’ body parts and their relationship to myths, history, cutting-edge stem cell research and notions of what constitutes informed consent.

This is the latest in a series of Science Fair events organised by super/collider.

Tuesday, July 13th, 8pm @ The Book Club, Shoreditch, London.

Click here for more information.
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Routemaster electric bus design by Aston Martin and Foster + Partners. Due to enter service in 2012.

Londoners are encouraged to express their views on a draft Air Quality Strategy for the city which aims to reduce carbon emissions and tackle air pollution. The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has published a detailed draft of his Air Quality Strategy for the city notorious for its air pollution and is seeking Londoners’ views on it. The strategy sets out a framework for delivering improvements to London’s air quality and includes measures aimed at reducing emissions from transport, homes, offices and new developments, as well as raising awareness on air quality issues.

A period of consultation during which Londoners are encouraged to fill out a simple and short online questionnaire on strategies to improve air quality in London is open until June 21st. The final version of the Strategy will be published in Autumn 2010. Amongst the proposed improvements are the latest technology hybrid buses and new black cabs which emit no fumes.

Take action! It won’t take more then 5 minutes to complete the quetionnaire so click here for the online questionnaire and, if you’re interested, here for the Air Quality Strategy Draft.

Alternatively, to request paper versions of the questionnaires or the draft strategy, call: 020 7983 4100 or email: maqs@london.gov.uk

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Photo: Christoph Ferstad

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The Guardian’s Iain Chambers popped by Kaffe’s in clean air we fly sound installation in Gillett Square.

Click here to listen to his thoughts on our project and also discover why Copenhagen is the best city in the world for cycling!

Electronic Symphony to Tackle London Air Pollution

in clean air we fly, a sound installation by Kaffe Matthews

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The first Invisible Dust enquiry by artists and scientists into air pollution, health and climate change