Paris, November 30-December 9, 2015
Le Grand Palais, Columbia Global Center, Le Bourget, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, École Massillon.

ARTPORT_making waves will present COP21 ARTPORT_Satellites, a series of art interventions, workshops, and panels to propose creative solutions for a more sustainable planet at COP21 UN Climate Change Conference in Paris, one of the most critical conferences on climate change to date

PROGRAM

JOURNÉE BONNE BOUFFE

A DAY OF SCREENINGS, WORKSHOPS, TALKS ON SUSTAINABLE FOOD
November 30, 2015
Columbia Global Centers | Europe
Reid Hall, 4 rue de Chevreuse, 75006 Paris

10 am-6 pm

Screening of Cool Stories For When The Planet Gets Hot IV
Free and open to the public

Cool Stories IV is a collection of the winning videos from the fourth international biennial competition of short art videos and animations on climate change launched by ARTPORT_making waves. This edition focuses on food production and consumption.

12-2 pm

World Café Workshop: From Monoprix to Locavore

A workshop with students from the Columbia Undergraduate School will explore movements in France away from unsustainable foods and towards local food production that resembles Brooklyn’s farm-to-table trends. With Flore Cercellier, Associate Director, Positive Effect Consulting; Ana Islas, Project Associate, Teachers College Columbia University; and Eugenia Manwelyan, Co-Founder and Co-Director, Eco Practicum.

7-9 pm  

Panel Discussion: Creative Ingredients For A Sustainable Food System

Followed by a reception
Reid Hall
Free and open to the public

Experts from different disciplines will discuss creative solutions for sustainable food production and consumption as the world faces severe challenges due to climate change. With Corinne Erni, Co-Founder and Co-Director, ARTPORT_making waves; Eugenia Manwelyan, Co-founder and Co-Director, Eco Practicum; Maxime de Rostolan, Founder, Fermes d’Avenir; George Steinmann, Artist; Emily Dilling, Founder, ParisPaysanne.org; and Patrick L. Kinney, Director, Climate and Health Program, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University (moderator).

GEORGE STEINMANN

Symbioses of Responsibility
November 30–December 8, 2015
Le Bourget (closed to the public) and Grand Palais (open to the public),
3 Avenue du Général Eisenhower, 75008 Paris
What is an artist’s role at a political conference? George Steinmann, who works at the intersection of art, science, and politics, will answer this question at the COP21 UN Climate Change Conference and produce mind maps, drawings, and photographs which will be posted online and exhibited.

OLAFUR ELIASSON

Private event, for press please rsvp to communication@artport-project.org

March and renewable light chain at École Massillon (since public marches are banned from the streets of Paris due to recent events, we changed the location).  Hundreds of Little Suns—small, solar-powered lamps—will be carried by children to light up the Ecole Massillon and to draw attention to the importance of low-cost, grassroots solutions. Organized in collaboration with the École Massillon.

BARTHÉLÉMY TOGUO

Bandjoun Station, Film Screening and Workshop
December 7 & 8, 2015, 12-6 pm
Espace Forum at Grand Palais, 3 Av du Général Eisenhower, 75008 Paris
Free and open to the public

Screening of the documentary “Bandjoun Station” (dir. Thierry Spitzer), about the integrated artist residency and farm created by Toguo in Cameroon, and workshops to create a collective artwork with students from the Lycée Maximilien Vox. On December 8 only, photographer Maxime Riché – founder of Climate Heroes – will conduct an introductory Climate Heroes photo workshop.

COOL STORIES IV
FOR WHEN THE PLANET GETS HOT

SCREENING and PANEL ON FOOD PRODUCTION
December 9, 2015 Doors open at 7 pm.
Screening at 7:30 pm, Panel at 8 pm.
Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, 62, rue des Archives 75003 Paris. Open and free to the public.
Reservation requested at conf-expo@chassenature.org

A screening of Cool Stories For When The Planet Gets Hot IV will be followed by a panel discussion on sustainable food production with Marion Guillou-Charpin, Director, Agreenium (TBC); Anne-Marie Melster, Co-Founder and Co-Director, ARTPORT_making waves; Kevin Morel, agronomist engineer; Maxime de Rostolan, Founder, Fermes d’Avenir; Barthélémy Toguo, artist; moderated by Anne De Malleray, Director of Billebaude, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature.

FURTHER EVENTS

Summit of Creatives, ArtCOP21
La Gaïté Lyrique, 3bis rue Papin 75003 Paris
December 1, 2015, 2:30-5 pm
Open to the public. Reservation requested under info@artcop21.com

ARTPORT_making waves Co-Founder and Co-Director Anne-Marie Melster will participate in the opening ceremony talk together with speakers like – Cynthia Rosenzweig, climatologist (GIEC, NASA), David Buckland (Cape Farewell) and others.

Summit of Creatives, ArtCOP21
La Gaïté Lyrique, 3bis rue Papin 75003 Paris
December 4, 2015, 5-6 pm
Open to the public
Face à Face with the ARTPORT_making waves artist George Steinmann who will talk about his role and responsibility as an artist at the intersection of art, science and climate change.

ABOUT ARTPORT_making waves

ARTPORT_making waves is an international curatorial practice that raises awareness about environmental issues, with a focus on climate change, through art exhibitions, video projects, residency programs, advisory and educational programs as well as collaborations linking the arts, science, and politics with the aim to inspire social and policy change. www.artport-project.org

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