Architects and Climate Change
Daughter of an architect, I’ve noticed an uptick of articles over the past two years speculating that #architects will increasingly find
Joan Sullivan
Art = Catalyst for Change
I can’t imagine a more inspiring place to celebrate Earth Day/Week/Month 2015 than Melbourne, Australia. This year, CLIMARTE has organized a month-long arts
Unchopping a Tree
For International Women’s Day 2015, we celebrate Maya Lin, the artist, sculptor and architect whose What is missing? foundation and ongoing multimedia
Portraits of Time
Stunning. Magical. Exquisite. Monumental. Timeless. These are just a few of the adjectives used to describe Beth Moon’s magnificent platinum portraits
Imagination as muse
This is not a review of Lost in Fathoms, Anaïs Tondeur’s current solo show at London’s GV Art Gallery, through
Kinetic Sculpture
Kinetic sculptor Anthony Howe probably doesn’t consider himself a “climate change artist”. But as of today, I have officially added
Climate Change Photography: A Call to Arms
When someone asked me recently what kind of photography I do, my response “climate change photography” elicited this comment: “Oh,
Waiting for Climate Change
Galician street artist Isaac Cordal has nailed it. Perfectly, precisely, poetically, politically: Passivity. We, the collective we, seem to be
Calling All Artists
Earth Day 2014. Calling all artists: Earth to Artists! Earth to Artists! Rise! Choose your weapon. This is your moment…
International Women’s Day/Month 2014
With March being #IWD month, I’ve spent several days scouring the internet for inspiring stories of creative women using their art to raise awareness about climate change. Here are two videos — one from the west coast, one from the east coast — which highlight the important contribution that women artists are making to the global climate change conversation. Australian Margaret Wertheim’s amazing TED talk describes the global hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef (CCR) project which she and her twin sister Christine created and curate through their Institute For Figuring (IFF) in Los Angeles, California. The CCR is an ongoing, experimental, participative feminine handicraft project that re-creates coral reefs using the technique of “hyperbolic crochet“. Below are two images from the IFF’s Crochet Coral Reef website, reprinted here with permission: According to the IFF website, this unique fiber arts project is “the nexus of maths, handicrafts, environmentalism, community art, feminism and science” and, simultaneously, “a testimony to the disappearing wonders of the marine world” due to climate change,