Projects tagged
Environment
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The Apocalypse Project: The Ephemeral Marvels Perfume Store
Read more: The Apocalypse Project: The Ephemeral Marvels Perfume StoreAs climate change worsens, so will our collective sense of loss. Coastlines, cities, crops, and entire species will disappear. Artist Catherine Young has created a perfume line that bottles up the scents of things we enjoy today, but will be…
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Zhang Huan, To Raise the Water Level in a Fishpond
Read more: Zhang Huan, To Raise the Water Level in a FishpondZhuang Huan invited more than 40 men – laborers, fishermen, construction workers––who had recently migrated to Beijing from other areas of China to participate. Zhang Huan said, “In order to find these workers, I visited many of the shacks where…
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Mesmerizing Flesh: The Visceral Corporeality of Tamara Kostianovsky’s Textile Sculptures
Read more: Mesmerizing Flesh: The Visceral Corporeality of Tamara Kostianovsky’s Textile SculpturesFor artists exploring themes of violence towards humans and animals, there is a fine line between thoughtfully engaging and needlessly shocking the viewer; being sensationally explicit can turn people away while being tacit or innocuous may fail to make an…
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This Artist Captured the Non-Stop Flow of Plastic Pollution
Read more: This Artist Captured the Non-Stop Flow of Plastic PollutionBenjamin Von Wong’s latest art-as-activism installation looks like something Photoshopped onto reality. A large brass-looking faucet, suspended in the air, pours a river of plastic out of its spout. The symbolism of the #TurnOffThePlasticTap installation is somehow both over-the-top and…
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Mother Pigeon—Tina Piña Trachtenburg
Read more: Mother Pigeon—Tina Piña TrachtenburgTina Piña, better known as Mother Pigeon (@motherpigeonbrooklyn), is an artist and self-described “high priestess of the pigeon religion,” whose passion for New York City’s often-overlooked bird has helped her carve out a unique creative niche centered around pigeons—as well…
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Climate Protestor Smears Pink Paint on Tom Thomson Painting at National Gallery of Canada
Read more: Climate Protestor Smears Pink Paint on Tom Thomson Painting at National Gallery of CanadaA climate activist smeared pink paint on a Tom Thomson artwork at the National Gallery of Canada as part of activities this week drawing attention to demands for a national firefighting service. A video uploaded to Facebook by the group…
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French Farmers Throw Sh*t Fit
Read more: French Farmers Throw Sh*t Fit“Energy costs surged with the Feb. 2022 launch by Russia of full-scale war in Ukraine and hit hard for farmers reliant on tractors, harvesters and other fuel-guzzling equipment. Prices also soared for other inputs that underpin intensive farming, notably fertilizers.…
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The Sewer Soaperie: Cities, Oil and Human Behavior
Read more: The Sewer Soaperie: Cities, Oil and Human BehaviorMany artists are inspired to bring climate change into their work after a direct experience with it. Catherine Sarah Young hopes her work helps people understand and talk about their experiences with climate change. Originally from the Philippines, she first…
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Climate Comedy: Inspiring Climate Action Through Comedy
Read more: Climate Comedy: Inspiring Climate Action Through ComedyThe Climate Comedy Cohort is an unprecedented network of comedians who are coming together to learn, collaborate, and create hilarious new comedy informed by the hottest climate science. The Climate Comedy Cohort functions as a 9-month fellowship. Co-created and directed…
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When the Sky Blooms With Sakura—the first daytime fireworks in the sky above Yotuskura Beach in Iwaki City
Read more: When the Sky Blooms With Sakura—the first daytime fireworks in the sky above Yotuskura Beach in Iwaki CityOn June 26, contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang released the daytime firework display ‘When the Sky Blooms with Sakura’ at Yotsukura Beach in Iwaki City, as commissioned by Saint Laurent’s creative director Anthony Vaccarello. An area that has been devasted by…