A View from the Cloud, New York City
14 September 2015 6:30 - 9:00pm
Debbie Symons - Counting One to Four: Nature morte
CLIMARTE has been officially invited by the
Streaming Museum, New York, and the
World Council of Peoples for the United Nations, to take part in the New York launch of
A View from the Cloud, at the Dag Hammarskjold Plaza – “The Gateway to the United Nations”, East 47
th Street, New York. The event will feature work by international artists and designers.
CLIMARTE is very excited to have the opportunity to curate an exhibition by leading Australian artist
Debbie Symons. The artwork selected is an impressive large-scale digital work titled
Counting One to Four: Nature morte.
Counting One to Four: Nature morte synthesises the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) findings revealing predicted mass species extinctions in a 7-minute video.
The work moves beyond a simplistic representation of ‘damaged nature’ to a multifaceted analysis of cause and effect with projections of up to 52% of all terrestrial mammals, reptiles, marine species, amphibians and insects committed to extinction by 2100.
The work also visually references the 20 Earth Summits that have occurred across the globe by date and location.
The New York launch of
A View from the Cloud will feature a screening of
PLANETARY, a cinematic Experience of Space and the World, with remarks by special guests: Astronaut
Ron Garan, Director,
Guy Reid, Cinematographer,
Christoph Ferstad and representatives of the United Nations.
For more information and interview requests with Dr Debbie Symons please contact Bronwyn Johnson by email on
bronwyn.johnson@climarte.org
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