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VIDEOCONFERENCE: United World College Hong Kong (China)

admin — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 12:06:15 +0000

As part of their “Marine Awareness week”, the Li Po Chun United World College (Hong Kong/China) has invited Roman Kroke to give a videoconference about the topic “Plastic pollution of the oceans, biodiversity and sustainable development”.

Letter of recommendation

The participants will learn about Kroke’s artistic approach “process art” and how he is developing his metaphors (drawings, installations, photos, readymades) based on his last two research trips: Freediving with whale sharks at the Pintuyan Research Station (Philippines) in cooperation with marine biologists from the organisation LAMAVE (Jan-Feb 2020), and his expedition across the Pacific Ocean on the German research vessel SONNE (May-July 2019).

PRESS: Television channel TV9, Art-Workshop in Grosseto (Italy)

admin — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 19:58:19 +0000

Italian TV reports on Roman Kroke’s art-project in partnership with ISGREC (Historical Institute about Resistance and Contemporary History), Grosseto/Italy (2.-5. November 2021). Taking the history of the Berlin Wall as a starting point, the participants explored in their artworks “new walls”, physical and psychological ones – in the past, present and future.

TV Report

Photo Documentation

WORKSHOP: “LIVING MEMORIALS”, Naliboki Forest (Belarus)

admin — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 10:42:49 +0000

In his role as the pedagogic and artistic coordinator of the international project LIVING MEMORIALS, Roman Kroke travelled to Belarus where he gave lectures and led an interdisciplinary workshop in the middle of the primary Naliboki Forest. Participants: Teachers, students, researchers, historians, artists. Topic: The history of the Jewish Bielski Partisans whose story received worldwide attention through Edward Zwick’s movie Defiance (2008), with James Bond 007 actor Daniel Craig portraying the Jewish partisan commander Tuvia Bielski.

The project was funded by the EVZ Foundation and the Federal Foreign Office of Germany as part of the program YOUNG PEOPLE REMEMBER.

Documentation of the Artworks

LECTURE & WORKSHOP: “Microplastic und Chameleons”, Nord Sea island Juist (Germany)

admin — Sat, 21 Aug 2021 19:04:38 +0000

At the invitation of the municipality, Roman Kroke travelled to the North Sea island Juist giving a lecture on his interdisciplinary art projects on the topics of plastic pollution of the oceans, biodiversity and climate change; in particular on his Pacific Ocean crossing on board of the German research vessel SONNE and his whale shark research in the Philippines in cooperation with marine biologists from the organisation LAMAVE.

He also led a four-day art workshop on this topic for young people on behalf of the KlimaWerkstatt Juist. A short video teaser of the collective art-work created by the participants:

Video

VIDEOCONFERENCE: Evangelische Akademie Loccum (Germany)

admin — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 09:25:15 +0000

As part of the online conference “The Future of the Oceans”, Roman Kroke presents his artistic works on the topic of “Plastic Pollution of the Oceans, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development”. Organiser: Evangelische Akademie Loccum (DE).

The articipants will learn about Kroke’s artistic approach “process art” – work in process – and how he is developping his metaphors (drawings, installations, photos, readymades) based on his last two research trips: Freediving with whale sharks at the Pintuyan Research Station (Philippines) in cooperation with marine biologists from the organisation LAMAVE (Jan-Feb 2020), and his expedition across the Pacific Ocean on the German research vessel SONNE (May-July 2019).

Programme

LECTURE: Rufford Foundation Conference, Manila (Philippines)

admin — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 07:06:13 +0000

Lecture and exhibition by Roman Kroke at the Rufford Foundation Conference “Enhancing Biodiversity Conservation in the Philippines” in Manila (Philippines).

Artistic project sketches (photos, videos, artistic materials, Readymades) of his current reserach stay in the Philippines. It includes in particular a visit to the research site of the Philippine NGO LAMAVE in Southern Leyte devoted to the study of whalesharks; whalesharks belong to the filter-feeding marine megafauna and are directly affected by microplastic pollution of the oceans. Exchange with the local scientists, freediving study with whalesharks in accordance with principles of eco-tourism.

Conference Programme

Research project on whalesharks

EXHIBITION: Festa del Paesaggio, Montalcino (IT)

admin — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 14:54:20 +0000

Installation and lecture by Roman Kroke as part of the interdisciplinary festival LA FESTA DEL PAESAGGIO in Montalcino (IT), organized by OCRA – Officina Creativa dell’Abitare.

About the installation

English version:

Microplastics and Chameleons – poetic expeditions into H₂O and climate change

How may experimental storytelling nourish and revitalise mankind’s bond towards everyday objects and the environment we live in thus fostering concepts of ecological consciousness and sustainable development? In 2019, the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (Leipzig/Germany) mandated Roman Kroke to accompany an international collective of scientists as an artistic mediator during their expedition on the research vessel SONNE crossing the Pacific Ocean from Vancouver/Canada to Singapore (May-July 2019). Resonating with the working universes of the scientists – plastic pollution of the oceans and aerosols/greenhouse gases – Kroke’s research has been devoted to three classical elements of Greek philosophy: earth, water and air. In pursuit of the above key question, Kroke’s focus consisted in exploring metaphorical transformations linked to the poetry of plastic and earth-water-air interfaces. In his lecture and exhibition he will present his current research universe – a work in progress – displaying sketches, photos, videos, sound-fragments as well as diverse materials produced in the course of the expedition. In this context, he will also provide an insight into the research following the cruise during which he further deepened his exploration of cross-border pioneering between the elements air, water and earth through freediving training in the Philippines.

EXHIBITION: Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad (Serbia)

admin — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 13:50:36 +0000

Installation by Roman Kroke in the Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad (Serbia) as part of the international festival DANUBE DIALOGUES. About the installation:

Microplastics and Chameleons – poetic expeditions into H₂O

Danube Dialogues Festival

LECTURE: International scientific conference MICRO 2018, Lanzarote (ESP)

admin — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 14:51:20 +0000

Roman Kroke will give a lecture about his interdisciplinary art-project “Microplastics & Medusae” at the international scientific conference “MICRO 2018. Fate and Impacts of Microplastics: Knowledge, Actions and Solutions”, Lanzarote (ESP).

The MICRO 2018

About Microplastics & Medusae

LECTURE: 17th International Encounters on New Philosophical Practices, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris (FR)

admin — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 08:46:47 +0000

Roman Kroke presents his international art-projects about the plastic pollution of marine environments at the “17th International Encounters on New Philosophical Practices” – organized by the UNESCO Chair on the practice of philosophy with children (4-18 years); UNESCO Headquarters, Paris (FR).

Programme

Registration (free)

Contents of the lecture

About the UNESCO Chair