INTO THE OCEANIC by Elizabeth Ogilvie & Robert Page, production still, 2021
The WE ARE OCEAN Global Program will contribute a selection of projects to COP26 to sharpen public awareness about ocean protection and climate chage in the context of international policy-making and to trigger public participation by engaging young people, policy-makers and other stakeholders coming together in Glasgow in November 2021.
WE ARE OCEAN + INTO THE OCEANIC @ COP26
is an interactive journey created by ARTPORT_making waves and INTO THE OCEANIC (Elizabeth Ogilvie and Rob Page) which gathers several interdisciplinary projects to one city wide program. We will bring the ocean to Glasgow and put it at the center of our discussions. Why: At least every second breath we take is generated by the oceans and humankind cannot survive on a planet with lifeless seas. All ecosystems are connected by water and damage to one ecosystem causes rippling effects throughout the world. At a fundamental level, marine life helps determine the very nature of our planet. The effect of climate change, ocean acidification and oxygen depletion have already triggered a phase of extinction of marine species which contribute significantly to the oxygen cycle and regulation of Earth’s climate. (text: Elizabeth Ogilvie)
The ocean is as dependent on us, humankind, as we are on the ocean. It is time to act, we talked a lot already. WE ARE OCEAN + INTO THE OCEANIC @ COP26 will engage civil society and policymakers to start to take action by joint activities and commitments. Through the below mentioned projects we aim at intensifying public engagement bringing together citizens, UN delegates, local politicians, international scientists, NGOs, educators and more stakeholders.
ARTPORT_making waves, its curator and director Anne-Marie Melster, and INTO THE OCEANIC, its film directors Elizabeth Ogilvie and Rob Page, joined forces to deliver a strong interdisciplinary art program to the people of Glasgow and Scotland and bring the ocean to civil society.
AGENDA
Monday 1st November to Friday 12th November 4pm-12.00:
Thursday 11th November 4pm-12.00 midnight:
Full screening program will be published soon.
This location is very central, just off Sauchiehall Street and very close to Centre for Contemporary Arts and its great cafe and bars.
(No registration needed, registration on site, free access, first come first go, maximum audience permitted 30 persons, the wearing of the masks is obligatory)
Monday, 8th November 2021, 1:30 pm – 5 pm:
Screening of INTO THE OCEANIC creative documentary & questions/comments: 1:30 – 2:40 pm
Seminar and discussion with Professor William Austin, Chairman of Blue Carbon Scotland, School of Geography & Sustainable Development – saltmarshes, Lucy Miller, Scottish Oceans Institute University of St Andrews, Dr Richard Lilley, CEO & Co-Founder, Project Seagrass, Discussion, artists Elizabeth Ogilvie & Robert Page, Katie Fowlie beachcomber, art specialist, environmentalist, educator, Fife, students & public and the curator director ARTPORT Anne-Marie Melster: 2.40pm– 4pm
Interdisciplinary fishbowl discussion with above: 4 pm – 5 pm
Tuesday 9th November 2021, 1:30 pm – 5 pm:
A dedicated WE ARE OCEAN Global Program Day animated by the curator Anne-Marie Melster with films and talks from WE ARE OCEAN Berlin/Brandenburg (artist Lisa Rave), WE ARE OCEAN Marseille (artist Marc Johnson), WE ARE OCEAN Vancouver (artists Cease Wyss and Olivier Salvas), WE ARE OCEAN Jakarta-Venice-Stockholm (artists Tita Salina, Irwan Ahmett, Barena Bianca, Asa Andersson, Carl Michael von Hausswolff) and the GALA Water Walks (with several partners of ARTPORT_making waves within the network of Green Art Lab Alliance).
Wednesday, 10th November 2021, 1:00 – 5 pm:
Screening of INTO THE OCEANIC creative documentary & questions/comments, 1.00 – 2:10 pm. Dr Bee Berx Scottish Government scientist https://www.gov.scot/marine-and-fisheries/ ZOOM with Dr Catherine Chambers Senior scientist, Stefansson Arctic Institute, research manager, University Centre of the Westfjords, Iceland, Nicky Taylor, environmentalist, artists Elizabeth Ogilvie & Robert Page, students & public and the curator director ARTPORT Anne-Marie Melster: Interdisciplinary fishbowl discussion with above: 4 pm – 5 pm
Thursday, 11th November 2021, 1:00 – 4:30 pm:
An afternoon dedicated to Salmon and Sámi with a special performance of Being Salmon Being Human:
Screenings of the short videos by Michelle-Marie Letelier: ‘Outline for the Bonding’ (2019, part of the WE ARE OCEAN Curated Film Program) & ‘The Bone’ (extract 2021) and a special performance of and discussion with ‘Being Salmon Being Human’ from 3 to 4 :30 pm who will join us directly coming from the Green Zone.
Inspired by Martin Lee Muller’s book by the same name, and drawing on salmon stories from Sámi and First Nations peoples of Scandinavia and North America, the performance takes us on a journey through the extraordinary lives of wild salmon – sentient beings who are born in rivers, traverse the oceans, and return towards the end of their lives to their birth rivers to spawn and gift forward more life. The performance explores what becomes of this awe-inspiring creature and her journey in the face of an expansive, profit-driven feedlot industry. We find that traditional storytelling shares a common ancestry and foundation with contemporary ecophilosophy – namely the wonder about the more-than-human world of calving glaciers, the night sky, ancient forests, sentient beings of the sea, and the age-old-question of who we are in relation to the land, the air, and the oceans.
The performance will be followed by a screening and discussion program where the audience has the opportunity to learn first hand from people living with salmon what is at stake.
Michelle-Marie Letelier will also be with us through a virtual connection from Chile to speak about her projects and films around the topic of salmon in Norway and Chile.
Friday, 11th November 2021, 1:30 – 5 pm:
Screening of INTO THE OCEANIC creative documentary & questions/comments: 1:30 – 2:40 pm
Discussions, Jayson Byles, Forager and Environmentalist, East Neuk Seaweed (Seaweed School), Scotland, ZOOM with Luis Guzman, bio-architect, multimedia artist, Chile, WE ARE OCEAN Berlin/Brandenburg by Lisa Rave (screening of excerpt), WE ARE OCEAN Marseille by Marc Johnson (screening of excerpt), WE ARE OCEAN Vancouver by Cease Wyss and Olivier Salvas (screening of excerpt), artists Elizabeth Ogilvie & Robert Page, students & public and the curator director ARTPORT Anne-Marie Melster, Finale: Performance by German singer, composer, environmentalist Bernadette La Hengst with Nick Nuttall
Wednesday 10th November 2021, 6:30 – 8 pm:
In-person film screening and fishbowl discussion on “How interdisciplinary collaborative projects between art, science and education are driving social change in marine conservation”.
Art – science – education: WE ARE OCEAN- Berlin/Brandenburg @ Goethe Institut Glasgow
Screening of WE ARE OCEAN Berlin/Brandenburg by Lisa Rave and Fishbowl Discussion with Anne-Marie Melster (curator of the program), Elizabeth Ogilvie & Rob Page (Artists and film directors of INTO THE OCEANIC), Martin Lee Muller (VILLAKS, Oslo, Norway).
(No registration needed, registration on site, free access, first come first go, maximum audience permitted 30 persons, the wearing of the masks is obligatory)
We will contribute to the program of WeDontHaveTime with film screenings (WE ARE OCEAN Marseile: Marc Johnson: “Coral Theater” and WE ARE OCEAN Berlin/Brandenburg: “Lisa Rave: WE ARE OCEAN film” and talks (program to be announced soon).
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Reference: “donation for WE ARE OCEAN“
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