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Perpetual Uncertainty: Bildmuseet

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Yelena Popova, Unnamed, film still

Bildmuseet, Umeå University, Sweden: 2 Oct 2016 - 16 April 2017
An exhibition of contemporary art in the nuclear Anthropocene exploring the complexity of knowledge and the deep time of radiation. The exhibition brings together twenty-five international artists from across Europe, the USA and Japan, investigating nuclear aesthetics through the material sensing of nuclear sites and experiences.

European Consultation on Geologic Repositories

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Absent Interpreters, E-Track Launch, Brussels, Nov 2015

18 November 2015 sees the launch of the European Union 'Energy - Transparency Centre of Knowledge' (E-TRACK) initiative. This is a massive programme of public participation in the implementation of energy policies, and the first project focuses on Radioactive Waste Management (RWM) following the legally binding requirements for transparency of the Council Directive 2011/70/EURATOM on spent fuel and radioactive waste.

Deconstructing Acceptance

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Cumbrian Alchemy, Robert Williams & Bryan McGovern Wilson (2013)

Ele Carpenter contributed to the workshop on 'Deconstructing acceptance – Siting radioactive waste repositories from societal and scientific perspectives' organized by the Environmental Policy Research Centre, FU Berlin, in the framework of the ENTRIA project (Disposal Options for Radioactive Residues: Interdisciplinary Analyses and Development of Evaluation Principles).

Don't Follow the Wind: why artists should go into the exclusion zone

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2012年3月17日(土) - 4月1日(日) 12:00 - 20:00 ／月曜休廊

‘Don’t Follow the Wind’ is a refrain we need to remember in today’s radioactive environment. It is also the poignant title of the inaccessible exhibition Jonathon Jones so crudely criticizes ('Apocalyspe No! Why artists should not go into the Fukushima exclusion zone' Guardian 10.07.2015). Jones is so busy pontificating on his nuclear beliefs he doesn’t tell us anything about the art project.

Nuclear Culture Research Group

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The Nuclear Culture Research Group is an interdisciplinary group of artists, curators and scholars in the nuclear arts and humanities within and connected through Goldsmiths College, University of London. The group is part of the Nuclear Culture research project to develop artistic and curatorial enquiry into nuclear culture in the UK and internationally led by Ele Carpenter in partnership with The Arts Catalyst.

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