Oil Standard is a Firefox plug-in that converts all prices on a webpage into barrels of crude oil, exploring the moment when oil replace(d) gold as the standard by which we trade all goods and currencies.
Drifting Islands is a joint discussion organised by transmediale.09, 'Letterkenny Regional Cultural Centre' and Leonardo/Olats 'Lovely Weather' project.
What are the artworks that are addressing those issues, and how?
How do people from different geographic zones, living on islands, relate to those trends?
How different are the issues in Iceland, say, or the Mediterranean and Pacific?
To take part in the online discussion, please subscribe to the Yasmin Arts and Science Network list at: media.uoa.gr/yasmin