Lantern Party in PengPu Town
Lantern making festivities at the newly opened Pengpu Town culuture center.
Bamboo Handcraft at Shanghai Library
A free-form family activity testing hands, tools, and materials.
Miracles in May
A publicly created record of transformations among plants at the start of May!
Bamboo Handcraft Playshop Series
Experimentation, skill-building, free-play, inquiry, research, invention, exchange.
Moon Festival Gathering
Lanterns and mooncakes, harvest feast, poetry and song under the rising moon.
Lantern Craftwork
Create a lantern with bamboo and rice paper in preparation for the moon festival!
Book of Leaves: Cousins Abroad
Compare local leaf specimens with those from distant places.
Book of Leaves: Branching lines
Tribute to a tree at the East Asia Global Village conference.
Seeing Cinnamomum
Create a collective portrait of Cinnamomum camphora at ‘Fantastical Botanical’ Spring bazaar.
Book of Leaves: Camphor Study
The remarkable Cinnamomum camphora is one of Shanghai’s most populous tree species. Let’s get acquainted.
‘Book of Leaves’ on Lantern Festival
A riddle: All food comes from the sun, but at the table I’m number one.
Book of Leaves: 300 Million Years
A tribute to tree species around us and our (very distant) common ancestry.
Flying Skies
A sky-blue kite traveling across yesterday’s blue sky: is the kite in transport, or the mind?
Pathways to Fortune
No two fortunes are alike, but they are all attained in steps. Shall we proceed?
“Nature Scriptorium” at ARTHarbin
Choose your favorite ecograph and inscribe it on the scriptorium walls at ARTHarbin.
Good Gift Fair
The GOOD Gift Fair brings together fine artists, outstanding civil society organizations and the public in Shanghai’s Hunan neighborhood.
Ecosystem Perspectives: Houtan Park
A field study, a museum talk, a drawing workshop. Classical Chinese landscape painting and personal observations in the field.
Beautiful Mushrooms
A sensory experience of soil, mushrooms, clay and porcelain, and a conversation about ecology.
Ecographs Scriptorium: 2013 DesignShanghai
Build a scriptorium. Experiment with earth, water, fire, wood and metal. Paint the scriptorium walls.
Draw and Write into the Night
Writers, artists, translators, compilers and printers complete a literary pamphlet in 24 hours on a theme chosen out of a hat.
In the Room
A temporary installation consisting of a labyrinth of rice paper and some unexpected encounters.
Ecographs: 5 Elements
“Watergraphs” is a fun art activity in which participants create a new symbol for water using Chinese brush and ink.
Talk About Art
Talk About Art is a convivial evening of sharing some unusual art experiences. Do you remember an art experience that makes your heart glow? Please share!
Ecographs at 2013 Shanghai Ecodesign Fair
Add your favorite ecograph to the the fair gates!
Mini Green Challenge: Ecographs
Create a personal symbol for eco-values using Chinese brush and ink on paper.
Eco Quest(ions)
What should designers of “eco products” be thinking about? What should we be asking them?
Ring Cycle
The Shanghai EcoDesign Fair will kick off this year with a friendly bike ride on Saturday morning April 13 through the city streets, starting at Xuhui Park…
2012年尚礼之艺
Learn about charitable projects in Shanghai and across China and receive artworks created on the spot by local fine artists.
City of Questions, City of Stuff
“City of Questions, City of Stuff”, is a group installation created by ten artists working in Shanghai, each contributing a small component of an imaginary city made from materials that might otherwise have been discarded.
The Second (semi) Annual Shanghai 24 Hour DRAW
Pencil drawing, charcoal sketch, figure study, line drawing. Drawing on the table, drawing under the table, drawing in the open air…
“Blow”
“Blow” is a work created by Robin Andersson, commissioned for the 2012 Shanghai Eco Design Fair. Used and broken umbrellas are re-imagined as components in a delicate system of nature,
I don’t Care
“I don’t Care” is an artwork created by Francesca Galeazzi for the 2012 Shanghai Eco Design Fair. Three balloons were suspended over the crowd, representing the three atoms in the CO2 molecule.
Mind Box
Meet representatives from vital environmental organizations in Shanghai and render your eco-values in paint.
Sustainability Symbol
A design workshop. What might a symbol for sustainability look like?
