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Register now: https://bit.ly/2HHnj19 Saving energy and cutting carbon is a numbers game – learn how to play! On this edition of ArtEvolve, we’re discussing how to use data science to inform sustainability decisions in your organization. Our guest is David Coxon, Head of IT at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, who slashed energy usage and reduced its carbon footprint with minimal financial investment. Together, we’ll discuss: ✅ How any organization can get started collecting data and identifying patterns – no specialised IT staff required! ✅ How to save £££ on your organization’s energy bills by making small, simple changes ✅ How data-driven success stories can persuade decision-makers to make sustainable choices across the art world Join us on July 27, 12-1pm EDT! Sign up here: https://bit.ly/2HHnj19
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WATCH BELOW: In our recent ArtEvolve webinar, we discussed the materials used for exhibitions and other art world events, and took a closer look at how sustainable they really are. We spoke to Maria Garcia, CEO of BindEthics and inventor of a sustainable, biodegradable adhesive, and Kim Kraczon, a conservator specializing in sustainable solutions for cultural heritage, Advisor at Gallery Climate Coalition, and Director of Materials at @kiculture. 👏 Together, we discussed important topics, including: ✅ Are our supply chains transparent? How can we find out what sustainable materials are available right now? ✅ How art organizations can support sustainable solutions and help bring them to a wider market. ✅ How to save $$ by extending the life cycle of your exhibition materials. ✅ Practical tips to help make choosing sustainable suppliers an integral part of your organization. CLICK BELOW to watch https://www.articheck.com/artevolve-sustainable-exhibition-planning-green-materials-green-methods/
Sustainable Exhibition Planning: Green Materials, Green Methods - Articheck
This week on ArtEvolve, we discussed the materials used for exhibitions and other art world events, taking a closer look at how sustainable they really are. Our guests were Maria Garcia, CEO of BindEthics and inventor of a sustainable, biodegradable adhesive, and Kim Kraczon, a conservator specializing in sustainable solutions for cultural heritage, Advisor […]
https://www.articheck.com/artevolve-sustainable-exhibition-planning-green-materials-green-methods/
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Very important topics covered in the discussion.
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🗣️ "The Guggenheim Bilbao is on track to save 20,000 euros (or about $21,800) a month, since it decided to allow a slightly wider range of temperatures and humidity levels.” Great to see the New York Times dedicating space to the art organizations that are doing the work to transition to sustainability. Shout out to @ki_culture for their 'Getting Climate Control Under Control’ pilot program, which we're proud to be a part of. The program will provide coaching and training and walk museums through the process of actually changing their climate control conditions. Guided by leading experts in preventive conservation and energy efficiency, and focused on collective action, the Pilot Program will ensure that the transition to more environmentally sustainable practices also maintains the best preservation conditions for artworks. 👉 It is time for museums to work towards securing a safe and sustainable future, considering our heritage, our art, and our planet. Read the full article: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/01/arts/design/museums-energy-climate-control.html
As Energy Costs Bite, Museums Rethink a Conservation Credo
Tight climate controls have become the norm to protect artworks and artifacts. But as heating and electricity prices soar, Europe’s museums administrators are wondering whether the rules need to be so strict.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/01/arts/design/museums-energy-climate-control.html
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Super interesting! And I agree you should send Climate love 💚 to KI Culture!
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A climate love for @ki_culture
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Register now: https://bit.ly/2HHnj19 Greener protocols exist, so what's stopping organizations from using them? With COP27 underway, this week's edition of ArtEvolve will discuss climate controls, one of the most environmentally destructive aspects of the art and cultural sector. Our guest is Caitlin Southwick, Founder of @kiculture.org , whose latest initiative is the first International Climate Control Conference, hosted in partnership with Gallery Climate Coalition, on 1 and 2 December 2022. Caitlin will give us a sneak peek of a new pilot project, launching at next month’s conference, in which 50 museums will commit to more sustainable climate control conditions. We’ll also discuss: ✅ How empowering organizations to make sustainable choices can help catalyze change across the art world ✅ How organizations can save 25-82% on energy costs ✅ How to apply for the pilot and receive a tailored climate control plan Join us on Nov 10, 12-1 pm EST! Sign up here: https://bit.ly/2HHnj19
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Sustainability is now officially part of what museums do. 👏 The International Council of Museums (ICOM) has updated its official definition of a museum to include sustainability: “A museum is a not-for-profit, permanent institution in the service of society that researches, collects, conserves, interprets and exhibits tangible and intangible heritage. Open to the public, accessible and inclusive, museums foster diversity and sustainability. They operate and communicate ethically, professionally and with the participation of communities, offering varied experiences for education, enjoyment, reflection and knowledge sharing.” We're so pleased to see more art organizations taking steps to embrace the transition to a more sustainable art world. Read more: https://advisor.museumsandheritage.com/news/museum-icom-announces-new-definition-15-years/
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This is a huge step! What implications could this have on for example the sponsors that museums choose to work with, do you think?
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That's great!
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Great to see The New York Times highlight how the art world is enacting change and trying to drive sustainability across the sector. Some takeaways from the article: ✅ The Gallery Climate Coalition now has more than 800 members committed to reducing carbon emissions by at least 50% by 2030, in alignment with the Paris Climate Accords. ✅ 68% of collectors are open to employing more environmentally conscious delivery methods when shipping pieces of art ✅ Shipping art by air results in 10 x the environmental impact of land transport and 60 x the impact of shipping via sea ✅ Christie's auction house and logistics firm Crozier Fine Arts have launched a monthly sea-freight service between London and New York and bimonthly service between London and Hong Kong - reducing carbon emissions by 80% compared to air ✅ Crozier is also developing a fleet of steel and aluminum shipping containers with temperature controls, humidity and shock monitors and specialized refrigeration systems specifically designed to secure artworks Read in full here: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/23/arts/art-climate-change-environment.html
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Yes! We need both the private and public sectors in order to succeed.
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Fantastic to see such an article in the New York Times and so many great solutions!
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Register now: https://bit.ly/2HHnj19 What can the art world learn from artists about advocating for change? On this edition of ArtEvolve, we’re talking about building a more sustainable art world and how we must recondition both our mindset and methods to enact change. Our panel features curator and writer Tom Trevor; artist Katrina Stamatopoulosa; Head of Programme at Art360Foundation, Ellie Porter, and our very own Annika Erikson. We’ll discuss important topics, such as: ✅ How to make sustainability part of your everyday agenda ✅ How artists are helping us envision a decarbonised future ✅ What actions can individuals and organisations take today to reduce their environmental impact? Sign up here: https://bit.ly/2HHnj19
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Register now: https://bit.ly/2HHnj19 Are NFTs bad for art? On this edition of ArtEvolve, we’ll be talking about how NFTs are shaping the future of the art world. We have a panel of experts and professionals from all kinds of art organizations, including shipping and logistics, law, and inventory management. Annika Erikson, founder and CEO of Articheck, will also share her insights into the sustainability of NFTs and what can be done to reduce their huge carbon footprint. To find out the very real impacts NFTs are having on all corners of the art world, join us on April 7, 12-1pm EDT. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/2HHnj19
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Thank you for talking about the carbon footprint of NFTs - I feel like this isn't discussed nearly enough.
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Interesting subject. I hope you will share the conclusions of this webinar here
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@Articheck Thank you!
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"I have seen many scientific reports in my time, but nothing like this." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-yfYxtZ9zQ
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The time is now, so any significant change carried out within different localities can be have a big impact.
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It´s about time we dump fossil fuels and go renewable to save the planet and stop fueling dictators like Putin
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Great words by Antonio indeed fossil fuels are choking humanity, hopeful the world leaders will consider for once to hear facts from science and act.
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Good to see the UK has dropped the case against Greenpeace for dropping rocks in sea! The protest was intended to obstruct destructive fishing practices in UK coastal conservation areas and included the artwork 'Full Stop', by Fiona Banner, pictured below. Marine protected areas (MPAs) are designated by the government to protect marine life in UK waters by curbing fishing and allowing species to recover. Ministers have pledged to protect 30% of the UK’s sea areas, as part of a wider commitment to conservation. But some fishing is still allowed, including the practice of bottom trawling, which tears up the seabed and which experts have said is extremely destructive to many species. Bottom trawling is also a significant source of releasing carbon, as the seabed normally acts as a valuable carbon sink to absorb greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, but turns into a carbon source when disturbed. In 2020, Greenpeace protesters dropped large boulders on to the sea bed in the Dogger Bank marine protected area, a key fishing area for bottom trawlers, and the following year dropped more in the Offshore Brighton MPA. The large granite rocks were harmless to marine life and surface fishing, but they get entangled in the weighted nets of bottom trawlers, obstructing the practice. Read more here: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/07/greenpeace-rocks-sea-bottom-trawling-marine-management-organisation
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🗣️ "Culture reflects its time, and this is the biggest challenge humanity has ever faced, so it is inevitable that our visual, performing and literary arts have the power to address it." Our CEO, Annika Erikson, was at COP26 and wrote this culture report, which has just been published by Rolling Stone. She calls for our storytellers to tell the story of us taking action on the climate emergency - so we can address these issues in time to drive meaningful change. 💪 Please take 2 minutes out of your day to read our call for change, keep the momentum around COP26 going, and let us know your thoughts in the comments below. Read here: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture-council/articles/cop26-culture-report-1272917/
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Very inspiring to hear about the power of storytelling and sharing positive examples! Thanks for sharing
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Register now: https://bit.ly/2HHnj19 In the first edition of ArtEvolve after the festive break, we’ll be taking stock of everything that happened in the art world in the last 12 months. 2021 might not have thrown us as many curveballs as 2020, but it certainly wasn’t without its challenges. We’ll discuss the most important topics of the year, reviewing what we’ve learned about: ✅ New and innovative technologies. ✅ Fine art shipping and art movement. ✅ Sustainability. ✅ E-Commerce and the art market. Even if you're not an art world professional, this will be a great opportunity to see how art organizations are dealing with the climate emergency, what initiatives are out there, and what you can do to push your favourite museums and galleries into making real change! Want to learn more? Join us on January 13, 12-1pm EST! Sign up here: https://bit.ly/2HHnj19
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🎄🎁 ❄️ Thank you and Happy Holidays, Articheck community! We'll see you all in the new year and leave you with this message from our CEO: 🎄🎁 ❄️ --- Message from Annika: 2022 will be a sustainable year 🔮 Last month, I gave a presentation at COP26 on how the arts can transition to more sustainable practices, and how, despite our relatively small footprint, this will be essential to drive change in society (artists, writers and musicians are our change-makers!) Please take the time to watch the 5-minute presentation at the link below. For most arts organizations, the biggest contributors to carbon footprint are from staff travel, shipping of artwork, and buildings. Articheck is working across these three categories to help institutions make significant savings in costs and carbon emissions. In fact, organizations can meet their 2030 targets with our digital tools alone, and save up to 50% of an exhibition's operational budget. Book a call with me below to find out more. --- Annika's COP26/We Don't Have Time presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stI2TKrxzLo&t=8005s Chat with Annika: https://articheck.pipedrive.com/scheduler/BB05D2cr/meeting
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Register now: https://bit.ly/2HHnj19 How do we ensure 'build back better' is more than just a slogan? On this edition of ArtEvolve, we’ll be talking about the COP26 climate change summit. Our guests are Annika Erikson, Articheck Founder and CEO, who attended COP26, and Kate Rosser Frost, Head of Communications at DACS. Together we’ll share some highlights from the summit and discuss what the next steps are to ensure the art world enacts meaningful change, including our briefing, released jointly with DACS, which calls on governments to support cultural sustainability globally. We’ll ask important questions, including: ✅ What does a sustainable future look like for the art world? ✅ What can art organizations do now to make a difference? ✅ How does the art world get outside support, i.e. from governments, to achieve its goals? Join us on November 18, 12-1pm EST! Sign up here: https://bit.ly/2HHnj19
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🌎 As global leaders meet for COP26, we're pleased to share our culture sustainability briefing, created in collaboration with DACS. The briefing outlines six actions governments can enable the cultural sector to collectively take across the world to make the arts and cultural institutions more sustainable. ✅ Investing in cross-institutional working and remote collaboration ✅ Using alternative shipping methods ✅ Embedding sustainability into teams ✅ Investing in buildings management ✅ Support digitization ✅ Encourage shareability Read the full briefing here: https://www.articheck.com/articheck-and-dacs-announce-six-ways-governments-can-support-cultural-sustainability-globally-cop26-briefing/ #cop26 #environment #sustainability #climatejustice #climatecrisis #climatechange
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As the COP26 gets underway, we're very pleased to say Annika Erikson, our CEO and founder, has just been published by the United Nations Climate Champions! 👏 Her article gets to the heart of why culture needs a seat at the COP table and identifies the three main contributors to the carbon footprint of arts organizations: ✈️ staff travel 📦 shipping of artwork 🏛️ buildings Click the link below to find out how technology is helping the art world transition to more sustainable practices and put a 👍 on this post if you agree COP26 needs to take note of our arts and cultural institutions! 🔗: https://bit.ly/3w1HSdT
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Very interesting article! Thank you for sharing Articheck :) I hope culture will be considered during this COP, but I guess, it always comes last... as we saw during the Covid crisis.
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Keep up the great work and congratulate Annika.
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Register now: https://bit.ly/2HHnj19 ❓ Is my organization sustainable? How can we make impactful change? On this edition of ArtEvolve, we’re discussing the environmental footprint of art organizations. Our guest is James Quirk, Lead Marketing Manager at Queen’s Fine Art, a London-based fine art shipping and specialist logistics provider. James will talk us through the process they followed to complete an environmental audit and share with us how to create a plan to reduce the environmental impact of our organizations. We’ll discuss: ✅ What questions should art organizations ask themselves when completing an audit? ✅ Actionable steps to reduce your organization’s carbon footprint (helping you meet Paris Agreement goals). ✅ Overcoming challenges and cost barriers when implementing more sustainable solutions. 📍Thursday Nov 4, 1-2pm EST / 6-7pm CET #artevolve There'll be lots of insight which is applicable to all kinds of organizations so we reccommend joining even if you are not from the art world - everyone welcome! Sign up here: https://bit.ly/2HHnj19
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Register now: https://bit.ly/2HHnj19 ❓Art fairs are back! But how can we make them more sustainable? In this special edition of ArtEvolve, we take a look at Sea Freight shipping and the carbon and cost savings it affords in comparison to air and road. 🚢 We’ll hear from DACS: established by artists for artists, DACS acts as trusted artist rights broker for 100,000 artists worldwide, and is a world leader within a global network of sister societies, about why it’s important for artists and galleries to advocate for change, as well as hearing from artists themselves about their role in leading the industry to more sustainable practices. What are the practicalities of adopting Sea Freight shipping? Simon Hornby from Crozier Fine Arts, Christopher Bentley from AXA XL Art, and Annika Erikson of Articheck will be sharing their expert insight and discussing exactly how change can be implemented. We’ll discuss important topics, including: ✅ Why is it so important for artists and galleries to advocate for change? ✅ What are the practicalities of adopting sea freight shipping? ✅ What are the challenges that must be addressed with sea freight shipping? PLUS Q&A – get your questions answered! Join us on TUESDAY September 28, 12-1pm EST! Sign up here: https://bit.ly/2HHnj19
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What does the carbon footprint of an art exhibition look like? Well, emissions from couriers traveling with the artwork from lender to gallery space can make up 75% of the exhibition’s total carbon footprint! 🤯 The Design Museum in London used Virtual Courier to oversee their recent exhibition, 'Charlotte Perriand: The Modern Life'. They chose Virtual Courier to remotely oversee the shipment of the artworks from across Europe to the UK because of travel limitations but, in doing so, they also saved an estimated 2 tons of carbon dioxide emissions - way to go Design Museum! 👏 🗣️ "Virtual Courier has great potential. With museums and galleries being increasingly conscious of their environmental impact and proactively working to become more sustainable, the appetite for courier trips may begin to diminish." - Cleo Stringer, Exhibitions Project Manager, the Design Museum. Read the full case study here: https://www.articheck.com/case-studies/design-museum/
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Well done! 💚 🌿 🌴
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❓Did you know that international air travel is typically the largest contributor towards the carbon footprint of an average-sized arts organisation? ❓Or that sitting in an economy seat on a flight equates to the traveller being responsible for 4-5 times less carbon being emitted than by travelling in a first class seat? There are more fascinating facts in the Gallery Climate Coalition’s fantastic new sustainability resources - hats off to you! 👏 Articheck’s Virtual Courier is even featured as a way to help art organisations make carbon savings through reducing staff travel. 🎉 Encompassing Packaging & Materials, Waste & Recycling, Travel and Circularity, the in-depth resources offer up-to-date, sector-specific sustainability information and guidelines for galleries, artist studios, non-profits & institutions as well as other art-sector businesses. As GCC says “Returning to our desks following the summer (and Covid) break should not mean returning to old ways. This transitional moment is the ideal time to implement sustainability best practices.” View the resources here: https://galleryclimatecoalition.org/resources/
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Dear Articheck Thank you for getting your climate love to level 2! We have reached out to Gallery Climate Coalition and requested a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Adam We Don't Have Time
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How Artists Are Seizing the NFT Moment to Transform the Debate About Tech and the Environment There is plenty to criticize in the world of NFTs—but artists are pushing forward important conversations. Recognizing that blockchain is a technology that won’t disappear, but remains an enterprise fraught with energy expenditures and lifestyle expectations, many artists concerned with its impact are seeking out better practices rather than abandoning the NFT space. This Artnet article gives us a few interesting examples of artists addressing green issues in the NFT world: ➡️ Julian Oliver produced a media work and fully functional prototype for harnessing wind-energy to mine cryptocurrency, bringing the costs for miners down considerably. The proceeds helped fund climate-change research, shifting the increasingly privatized power grid to a decentralized model. ➡️ Sven Eberwein’s Scarce Resources #01 aims to reverse one second of global petroleum emissions. The NFT ties the money of its sale to the purchase of an appropriate amount of carbon offsets: 1,124 barrels of oil are burned every second, with 0.43 tons of carbon emissions emitted to the atmosphere per barrel, producing 484 tons of CO2. ➡️ John Gerrard's Crystalline Work (Arctic) is a series of animation works each showing a robotic arm that selects and arranges virtual crystals, manipulating the mathematical structures of ice formation to create unique lattices (it’s inspired by one of the more bizarre proposals to save the planet: covering portions of the arctic in small silicon dioxide microspheres to reflect light. Fifty percent of the proceeds support Regenerate.farm, a carbon sequestration farming group in Ireland. These are certainly not long-term solutions to the issues but as 'recent history shows, those working with technology are positioned to reveal the issues therein, even as the errors and shortcomings of their efforts need to be addressed. The important thing is that our critiques should aim to improve and encourage greater creativity in seeking more sustainable practices.' 🔗: https://news.artnet.com/opinion/nfts-environmentalism-1996006
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What does the carbon footprint of an art exhibition look like? Artworks can be transported from multiple locations all over the world to arrive at a museum putting on a major exhibition. If works are traveling by air the carbon cost will, of course, be even higher but the biggest impact on the overall carbon footprint might just surprise you... ...emissions from couriers traveling with the artwork from lender to gallery space can make up 75% of the exhibition’s total carbon footprint! 🤯 🤯 🤯 In our new case study, we share the story of the Design Museum in London and how they used Virtual Courier for the major exhibition 'Charlotte Perriand: The Modern Life'. We also dive into some really interesting stats on cost and carbon savings – something high on everyone’s agenda right now. When you visit an exhibition have you ever considered the carbon footprint of shipping all those artworks to the gallery or museum? Read more here: https://bit.ly/3y7ZrZY
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Super interesting, I often visit art museums and started to think more and more about the impact of temporary exhibitions with artwork travelling from one museum to another for only short periods of time.
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Register here: https://bit.ly/3x8ipOw ❓ How can art institutions save energy and carbon without breaking the bank? (especially important after a year of budget cuts and thwarted ticket sales!) In this week's ArtEvolve webinar, we’re talking about making our buildings sustainable, and how this could be easier than you might think. 🏡 We’ll chat about why it’s so important for the art world to advocate for green protocols, and how sustainability goals can be both ambitious and attainable. 📈 We’ll discuss: ✅ How even complex climate control systems can be easily adjusted to make significant energy savings. ✅ Insights into temperature and relative humidity data. ✅ How energy can be saved in both old and new buildings. We encourage you to join us even if you're not from the art world (everyone welcome!) as we have an eye-opening presentation lined up, with data and insights that can be applied across industries. Want to learn more? Join us on July 29, 12-1pm EST! Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3x8ipOw 👈
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Looking forward to it!
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🗣️ "It’s hard to make good art about climate change!" 🗣️ – here at Articheck, we disagree! ‘Sea & Sun,’ the harrowing climate opera that won top honors at the Venice Biennale, proves that the culture industry can – and must – tackle our increasingly fragile relationship with the planet. This unusual performance-art piece is now going on a world tour too. It shows in Berlin this weekend and then heads to the US, with more dates to be announced soon. ☀️ 🌊 Would you like to catch a showing? Read more: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/sea-sun-world-tour-1989601
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I definitely disagree as well. The climate crisis is a perfect subject for expressions of art. I really hope more and more pieces like this start to pop up everywhere!
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Wow! That sounds so interesting! I hope they come to Stockholm or Scandinavia, would love to see that
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The theme of the 2022 Venice Biennale has just been announced - it will explore the power of the human imagination to adapt to a changing planet. 🗣️ “The questions that kept emerging seem to capture this moment in history, when the very survival of the species is threatened, but also to sum up doubts that pervade the sciences, arts, and myths of our time,” Alemani said. “How is the definition of the human changing? What constitutes life, and what differentiates animals, plants, humans, and non-humans? What are our responsibilities towards the planet, other people, and the other organisms we live with? And what would life and the Earth look like without us?” - Cecilia Alemani, curator and artistic director. ❓ This could be a fantastic opportunity for the art world to engage with sustainability issues! What questions/topics would you like to see tackled? Pictured: Lorenzo Quinn's sculpture 'Support', which symbolized humankind's capability to both destroy and save the world. Installed in 2017 in Venice, a city deeply affected by rising sea levels and the climate crisis.
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I would also suggest looking at @OPENART for more ideas on how a biennale can address climate topics.
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This sounds like a great opportunity to use culture to depict potential future lives for us humans! One major obstacle to climate action is the inability to envision what a low-emission life would look like to ME, and similarly what our lives would look like if we DON'T transition. Using art and culture to express potential futures of this would be a great way to put clear images in people's heads about this, and could greatly motivate further climate action.
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