GOOD FOOD COP23 BONN

The panel, as part of the general program GOOD FOOD COP23, explored creative solutions and methods that can inspire change in behavior and policy towards food production and consumption as the world faces severe challenges due to climate change. How can local experts from diverse disciplines – art, science, education, policy, and agriculture – and regions whose work focuses on food production and consumption in one way or another, come together and tap into potential synergies for common goals? These discussions generally leave out the artist’s voice. We always want to include it and also ask if and how art can be a catalyst for change in this field.

GOOD FOOD INDIA

As a commission for GOOD FOOD COP23 by ARTPORT_making waves, the artist Sam Hopkins (UK/Kenya) has developed the installation The Ministry of Plastic (touring exhibition) which stages a future in which the finite reserves of the world have been depleted. The Ministry of Plastic (touring exhibition) displays a collection of confiscated plastic objects, videos, and texts to inculcate future citizens with a sense of responsibility about how to use plastic appropriately. This performative installation represents an amnesty for citizens who have unlawfully removed plastic from the increasingly perfect system of consumption and production. Visitors to the installation should be aware that they may be required to divest themselves of any unlawful plastic which may consequently be exhibited as an example to the greater public.

With support of innogy Stiftung für Energie und Gesellschaft

EN DIÁLOGO CON LA MAR

The exhibition EN DIÁLOGO CON LA MAR gathered original photographs by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and put them into dialogue with 16 international contemporary artists who reflected on Captain Cousteau’s idea of the conservation of the ocean through video, photography, drawing, performance, painting and contemporary jazz music. Knowledge reveals and inspires, it helps us to appreciate what exists and to establish a dialogue with existence. Cousteau showed us the submarina life, discovered magic worlds in times when the science of discovering the underwater world was extremely difficult.

He helped the human being to enter mentally into unknown oceanic environments in order to reveal the beauty and fragility of the underwater world. In Mexico the exhibition attracted more than 15.000 visitors in only 4 weeks, a lot of them young people from local schools who were guided through the exhibition accompanied by short workshops regarding the conservation of nature.

(RE-) CYCLES CATALOGUE

(RE-) CYCLES OF PARADISE
An exhibition at the intersection of Art, Gender, and Climate Change
The exhibition (RE-) CYCLES OF PARADISE, originally commissioned by IUCN: International Union for Conservation of Nature, Global Gender and Climate Alliance, UNDP – United Nations Development Programme and several European governments for COP15 in Copenhagen, aimed to raise awareness about the interrelation of gender and climate change. The exhibition highlighted an important issue which is part of the latest social and global discussions about ecological change on our planet: That of the effects of climate change on women’s lives, and the role of women as agents of change. In nearly all societies, cultures, and religions, the woman stands for the creation of life, for nurturing and care-taking.

And yet, despite these powerful, mythical attributes, women are not only suffering most from social, cultural, and religious inequality but also from the consequences of nature thrown out of balance. This exhibition brought together artists from all over the world who wanted to make a strong statement in favor of justice and sustainability.

(RE-)CYCLES OF PARADISE

(RE-)CYCLES OF PARADISE
An exhibition at the intersection of Art, Gender, and Climate Change
The exhibition (RE-) CYCLES OF PARADISE, originally commissioned by IUCN: International Union for Conservation of Nature, Global Gender and Climate Alliance, UNDP – United Nations Development Programme and several European governments for COP15 in Copenhagen, aimed to raise awareness about the interrelation of gender and climate change. The exhibition highlighted an important issue which is part of the latest social and global discussions about ecological change on our planet: That of the effects of climate change on women’s lives, and the role of women as agents of change. In nearly all societies, cultures, and religions, the woman stands for the creation of life, for nurturing and care-taking.

And yet, despite these powerful, mythical attributes, women are not only suffering most from social, cultural, and religious inequality but also from the consequences of nature thrown out of balance. This exhibition brought together artists from all over the world who wanted to make a strong statement in favor of justice and sustainability.

COOL STORIES 4

Cool Stories for when the planet gets hot (I)
International biennial competition of short films on climate change
Artists: Fernando Acquarone (USA, Brazil), Celeste Fichter (USA), Chus García Fraile (Spain), Mireya Masó (Spain), Tomás, Ochoa and Andriana Meyer (Ecuador/ Switzerland), Yuko Oda (USA), Simón Pacheco and Sergi Botella (Spain), Simon Reilly (USA), Avelino Sala (Spain), Molly Schwartz (USA), Michael Wyshock (USA).

Commissioned by ARTPORT_making waves

COOL STORIES 3

Cool Stories for when the planet gets hot (I)
International biennial competition of short films on climate change
Artists: Fernando Acquarone (USA, Brazil), Celeste Fichter (USA), Chus García Fraile (Spain), Mireya Masó (Spain), Tomás, Ochoa and Andriana Meyer (Ecuador/ Switzerland), Yuko Oda (USA), Simón Pacheco and Sergi Botella (Spain), Simon Reilly (USA), Avelino Sala (Spain), Molly Schwartz (USA), Michael Wyshock (USA).

Commissioned by ARTPORT_making waves

COOL STORIES 2

Cool Stories for when the planet gets hot (I)
International biennial competition of short films on climate change
Artists: Fernando Acquarone (USA, Brazil), Celeste Fichter (USA), Chus García Fraile (Spain), Mireya Masó (Spain), Tomás, Ochoa and Andriana Meyer (Ecuador/ Switzerland), Yuko Oda (USA), Simón Pacheco and Sergi Botella (Spain), Simon Reilly (USA), Avelino Sala (Spain), Molly Schwartz (USA), Michael Wyshock (USA).

Commissioned by ARTPORT_making waves

COOL STORIES 1

Cool Stories for when the planet gets hot (I)
International biennial competition of short films on climate change
Artists: Fernando Acquarone (USA, Brazil), Celeste Fichter (USA), Chus García Fraile (Spain), Mireya Masó (Spain), Tomás, Ochoa and Andriana Meyer (Ecuador/ Switzerland), Yuko Oda (USA), Simón Pacheco and Sergi Botella (Spain), Simon Reilly (USA), Avelino Sala (Spain), Molly Schwartz (USA), Michael Wyshock (USA).

Commissioned by ARTPORT_making waves

MUSEE DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA NATURE

Symbioses of Responsibility
George Steinmann, artist-researcher works at the intersection of the Arts and policy-making for Paris COP21, 2015.
George Steinmann, who often works at the intersection of art, science, and politics, explored this question at the COP21 UN Climate Change Conference, where he acted as the first ever official “artistic observer.” Steinmann produced sketches, mind maps, drawings, and photographs, which will be exhibited in an interdisciplinary exhibition in 2016 and 2017.

Symbioses of Responsibility is an exemplary expression of sustainable art; its aim is to broaden the scientific and political debate on climate change from an aesthetic perception and artistic point of view. Steinmann also participated in several panels and talks at Columbia Global Centers Europe, the Grand Palais as part of Solutions COP21, and other institutions in collaboration with the Embassy of Switzerland.