In briefExhibition: Creative responses to climate change

摘要

We are now almost 10 years on from the Kyoto treaty, yet the consequences of carbon emissions remain a major threat to our planet. The Ship: The Art of Climate Change-a product of the Cape Farewell project-is a timely exhibition. Initially inspired by mathematicians who had devised a computer model of the North Atlantic Ocean, the Cape Farewell project is the brain-child of artist David Buckland. The project aims to engage with climate change and raise awareness of the issue.So far, scientists and artists from the Cape Farewell project have been on three expeditions to the high Arctic, aboard the 100-year-old schooner The Noorderikht. On the most recent expedition, Buckland invited a team of 16 acclaimed artists on board. The result is The Ship: The Art of Climate Change-a varied selection of works, includingessays, films, paintings, sculptures, and photographs.This collaboration of scientists and artists is a complementary one: the scientists seek to understand the effects of climate change and how tostop it; the artists communicate their interpretations of climate change through their creative work.