Interviews, Podcasts and Video
Sharing Ecological Knowledge
Throughout her career, Aviva Rahmani has shared her wealth of knowledge across a number of different formats and media. Key topics of the selected interviews in this page include ecological and environmental conservation and creative means for land protection.
Interviews on Ecological & Feminist Issues
Discussion About Divining Chaos
Matt Crawford speaks with author Aviva Rahmani about her book Divining Chaos: The Autobiography of an Idea (New Village Press, 2022). “Aviva opens herself and our eyes in this inspiring book about her life and her work. Detailing the history that led her to the projects she created and Ecoart we are taken back through pivotal moments in history through her lens. The honesty of this book and the duration and magnitude of Rahmani's projects stunned me and was quite inspiring. We discuss Ghost Nets, Trigger Point Theory, cognitive dissidence, PTSD, politics and a whole host of other issues.”, Dec 2, 2022
https://thecuriousmanspodcast.libsyn.com/aviva-rahmani-interview-episode-85
Exploring the Significance of Ecological Art
Excerpt of Aviva Rahmani’s book Divining Chaos: The Autobiography of an Idea (New Village Press, 2022) for Highbrow Magazine, November 11, 2022.
https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/20090-exploring-significance-ecological-art
Talk at Princeton University
Recording of Aviva Rahmani giving a talk at Princeton University, November 3, 2022.
Savage Minds podcast, S2 E2
Pioneering ecological artist Aviva Rahmani discusses her latest book Divining Chaos: The Autobiography of an Idea (New Village Press, 2022) outlining her political and artistic coming of age in the 1960s in downtown New York, her development as a feminist, and her evolution into an ecoartist who employs a multi-disciplinary approach to take on the current ecological crises.”, October 3, 2022
University of Buffalo
The Department of Art at UB Visiting Speaker Series 2022 presents Aviva Rahman discussing her book Divining Chaos: The Autobiography of an Idea (New Village Press, 2022). Aviva's longstanding interdisciplinary art practice focuses on ecological restoration as artmaking. Her projects have won numerous grants and fellowships and have been written about internationally. September 17, 2022
Ecotopia on KZFR, Episode 667
Our guest on this program Aviva Rahmani, author of a book from the Village Press titled Divining Chaos: The Autobiography of an Idea. August 30, 2022
https://www.ecotopiakzfr.com/2022-archives.html (scroll down for ECO 667, Divining Chaos with Aviva Rahmani)
Jewish Author Aviva Rahmani Uses Inherited Grief as a 'Trigger Point' for Healing and Change - Emit-Truth Interview by Howard Lovy
In 'Divining Chaos: The Autobiography of an Idea,' Aviva takes readers from NYC to the Golan Heights, exploring how small actions at the right time can change the world.
Aviva’s life and work combine a unique blend of artistic talent, ecofeminism, scientific rigor, property law, and even quantum physics. It all coalesces into a concept she calls “Trigger Point Theory.” Think of it as the “butterfly effect,” but one that is directed at positive change. August 27, 2022
https://howardlovy.substack.com/p/jewish-author-aviva-rahmani-uses
Divining Chaos book review by Peter Clothier
I’m thankful to “Divining Chaos” for helping to pull together a myriad of thoughts and feelings that have been worrying at my consciousness and my conscience for a good number of years. Rahmani makes it all so clear—the complex interdependence of intellect and emotion, action and reaction, neglect and responsibility in our lives and the life of literally everything in our environment. July 15, 2022
https://revharryc.blogspot.com/2022/07/book-review-divining-chaos-by-aviva.html
“Why Telling Effective Stories About the Environment Requires More Than Just Words” Aviva Rahmani in Conversation with Andrew Keen
Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andrew is joined by Aviva Rahmani, author of Divining Chaos: The Autobiography of an Idea. July 11, 2022
Art as Strategy
Guest on WEAD’S Art + Activism Web Series conveying the belief that art can be a powerful tool for raising awareness and prompting social change, May 23, 2021
Aviva Rahmani Studio Visit
Law Warschaw Gallery Artist Studio Visit with Aviva Rahmani, 2021. Aviva Rahmani, a visual artist based in New York and Maine, believes her purpose as an artist is to create art that generates hope for and benefits the natural world - Carmen Quintos, Mar 23, 2021.
Caring for Complexity (PART 3): A Tree Tender and an Artist Talk Maintenance (With Aviva Rahmani + Marcus Ferreira)
Aviva and Marcus come together to define their terms, discuss the power of a single tree, and to brainstorm potential project ideas - by Austen Camille, March 28, 2021.
Caring for Complexity (PART 2): A Tree Tender and an Artist Talk Maintenance (With Marcus Ferreira)
Marcus speaks with Austen about his experiences as a volunteer tree tender, how he fell in love with caring for trees, and exactly what kinds of trees we should be planting and tending to - by Austen Camille, March 22, 2021
Caring for Complexity (PART 1): A Tree Tender and an Artist Talk Maintenance (With Aviva Rahmani)
In part one of the conversation, Aviva and Austen talk about how Aviva became an ecological artist, the broader role of art in the battle against climate change, and the development of her idea, “Trigger Point Theory” - by Austen Camille, March 14, 2021
Chasing the Light
Guest on environmental podcast Outside/In interviewed by Taylor Quimby, Dec 19, 2019
http://outsideinradio.org/shows/yearofwonders-fx7dn
The Music of the Trees: The Blued Trees Symphony and Opera as Environmental Research and Legal Activism
The Blued Trees project is a transdisciplinary thought experiment, physically manifested across miles of the North American continent. Dec 1, 2019
The Art of Protecting Lands: Aviva Rahmani
Guest on State Of The Art podcast, April 11, 2019
https://art19.com/shows/state-of-the-art/episodes/41e5ab5d-611a-47f8-9238-c262581562df
The Sarah West Love Show
Guest with Gale Elston and Robin Scully, live radio conversation, April 2, 2019 https://www.facebook.com/TheWorkFM/videos/349790569212554/
Using ecological art to spark environmental conservation
Guest on the Green Dreamer podcast, with Kamea Chayne, episode # 154, July 11 2019
Artist Blocked Pipeline with Blued Trees Symphony
Interview by Mitch Ratcliffe for the Podcast Earth911 May 8, 2018
https://earth911.com/inspire/artist-blocks-fracking/
Making the trees sing: Using art to try to stop pipelines
Guest on Day 6 hosted by Brent Bambury CBC Radio, April 27, 2018
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/making-the-treessing-using-art-to-try-to-stop-pipelines-1.4634839
Can Art Stop a Pipeline?
A Blade of Grass Film, Produced and Directed by RAVA Films and A Blade of Grass
https://abladeofgrass.org/fieldworks/can-art-stop-pipelinefeaturing-artist-aviva-rahmani/
Artist Series: Aviva Rahmani’s work with VARA, land use and environmental law
Interview with Steve Schindler & Katie Wilson-Milne for The Art Law podcast, November 8, 2018
http://artlawpodcast.com/2018/11/08/artist-series-aviva-rahmanis-work-with-vara-landuse-and-environmental-law/
PIPELINE - 19 - BLUED TREES – REVISED.
Director, Marino, Colmano. A Lucid Media Production, YouTube, Nov 12, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkbJKUI9S_w
Feed the Green: Feminist Voices for this Earth.
Director Jane Caputi, produced by Susan Rosenkranz, distributed by Women Make Movies.