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‚The Pollinators’ is a consortium of artists subscribing to the communication of an integrated, ecological worldview. We believe in information as a crucial resource for the ability of a system to adapt and change.
We believe in the interconnectivity and interdependence of all organic and inorganic existence and promote cultural and biological diversity as a nourishing ground for sustainable communities.
'The Pollinators'
Eva Bakkeslett
Bruno Caverna
Satu Palokangas
Stefa Roth
David Rothenberg
Lars Schmidt
Eva Bakkeslett (Norway)
Cultivator in the field of Arts & Ecology, Artist
Eva Bakkeslett is a cultivator in the field of Arts & Ecology. She plants seeds to encourage social growth and environmental change, and cultivates her art with a desire to reenergize our engagement with, and sense of awareness of, the earth. Her passion lies in the interface between nature and culture, and using any suitable medium, she spends time in playful exploration and often contextualising her work by orchestrating interactive community events. Through these activities the subtle and invisible wonders of life reveal themselves, and through reconnecting with the infinite complexity and elegant beauty of our planet her work ultimately inspires and engages people to sense, feel, think and act. www.evabakkeslett.com
http://evabakkeslett.blogspot.com
http://poeticsofbread.blogspot.com
Contact: bakkesle(at)online.no
Bruno Caverna (Brazil/Norway)
Dancer, Facilitator, Artist/Activist
With a vast background of capoeira, contemporary dance, acrobatics, contact improvisation and qi gong, Caverna has been researching, on personal views, ways of combining and transforming principles and elements from his background into original forms of self-expression.
Bruno has been invited to teach all over Europe and Brazil, at festivals, schools and dance companies such as: Ultima Vez/Wim Vandekeybus, SNDO-Amsterdam, ImpulsTanz-Vienna, Ponderosa Festival and so forth. www.integralecoawareness.org
Contact: bc(at)integralecoawareness.org Satu Palokangas (Finland)
Performer, Artist/Activist, Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst, Somatic Movement Educator/Therapist In her work Satu advocates the systemic approach and teaches movement as a way of thinking and as a mode of research. As our actions are based on our perceptions, she sees that the key to change lies in realigning our perceptions with our interconnected nature, learning to perceive in multiple ways and learning to think like we were dancing. Along with somatic techniques and bodywork, Satu uses improvisation (movement, voice) and performance tactics as methodologies in her work. www.integralecoawareness.org
Contact: sp(at)integralecoawareness.org Stefa Roth (Germany) 
Artist, Filmmaker, Facilitator, Sustainability Educator Stefa is trained and gained experience internationally in different creative areas (acting, film, tango argentino, contact improvisation). Her talents and curiosity made her explore and engage in bodywork-techniques (massage, shiatsu), permaculture and systems thinking.
She is working as artist and sustainability educator. Her holistic understanding of life and its complexity make her a compassionate facilitator of personal development processes.
www.art-ecology-education.org
www.integralecoawareness.org
www.soundofsirens.net
Contact: sr(at)art-ecology-education.org David Rothenberg (USA)
Musician, Composer, Author and Professor for Environmental Philosophy
David Rothenberg plays clarinet with a band of birds and whales and writes thoughtfully on the deep connections between humans and the natural world. His highly regarded albums and work as founding Editor of MIT Press's Terra Nova book series, have earned him a unique place in the landscape of thoughtful creative humans wrestling with (and honoring) the kinship ties which bind us to the earth and its creatures. David is the author of Why Birds Sing (Basic Books, 2005), also published in Italy, Spain, Taiwan, China, Korea, and Germany. His feature-length documentary Why Birds Sing was shown on BBC4 in June, 2007.
His second record, On the Cliffs of the Heart, with percussionist Glen Velez and banjo player Graeme Boone, was named it one of the top ten releases of 1995 by Jazziz magazine.
In 2000 Before the War was released, a collaboration with natural sound artist Douglas Quin. The Guardian in Britain praised it as “genuine 21st century music.” Rothenberg is professor of philosophy and music at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
www.thousandmilesong.com
www.whybirdssing.com Contact: info(at)thousandmilesong.com
Lars Schmidt (Germany)
Artist, Facilitator, Sustainability Educator, Project Developer As founder of Art, Ecology & Education and The Pollinators Lars is a pioneer and visionary in the field of facilitating transformative processes and projects for integrated, sustainable living. He has explored the creative process in many different art forms. He studied acting, dance and singing, as well as photography, in Germany and the US, worked internationally as actor for film, television and theater, as acting coach, photographer, musician/singer/songwriter, filmmaker and poet.
Due to his love for nature and curiousity about personal processes he has been living and working on organic farms in France and Italy, is engaged in permaculture and living systems theory and has been working with Past Reality Integration Therapy (PRI) for several years.
Lars continues to be a researcher and learner, engaging in and including fields as versatile as body- and energywork, argentine tango, various forms of percussion and herbology. His work offers authentic access to knowledge and insight about an integrated way of perceiving, thinking, acting and relating – regarding life as a creative, self-organizing process and providing the opportunity to develop a lifestyle which is sustainable, meaning- and delightful. www.art-ecology-education.org
www.integralecoawareness.org
www.soundofsirens.net Contact: contact(at)art-ecology-education.org |
The Pollinators