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A Brilliant Idea: Warning Labels

June 20, 2013Artists and Climate ChangeAction Art, Artistic Responses, Based Organization, blog, Brilliant Idea, Chantal Bilodeau, Cigarette Packages, Climate Change, Communication Artists, Disciplines, Executive Director, Fossil Fuels, Gas Pumps, Horizon, Lawyer, Playwright, Warning Labels

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I just came across this blog post by Robert Shirkey, lawyer and executive director of the Toronto-based organization Our Horizon. Shirkey argues that, just like we have warning labels on cigarette packages, we should have warning labels on gas pumps that remind us that the use of fossil fuels contributes to climate change. A very simple but powerful idea.

Filed under: Climate Communication

Artists and Climate Change is a blog by playwright Chantal Bilodeau that tracks artistic responses from all disciplines to the problem of climate change. It is both a study about what is being done, and a resource for anyone interested in the subject. Art has the power to reframe the conversation about our environmental crisis so it is inclusive, constructive, and conducive to action. Art can, and should, shape our values and behavior so we are better equipped to face the formidable challenge in front of us.

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Using Memes to Improve Climate Change Communication

June 15, 2013Artists and Climate ChangeAction Art, Artistic Responses, Balazs, blog, Change Communication, Chantal Bilodeau, Climate Change, Communication Artists, Disciplines, Face, Global Warming, Improve Communication, Intriguing Article, Joe Brewer, Lazlo, Memes, Playwright, Virus

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Global Warming Meme Map

An intriguing articleÂ just got published that puts forward a theory about why the messaging about global warming has been wrong. Hint: it may be because global warming is not an experience; itâ€™s a meme. You can find the full report on which the article is based, called Global Warming is a Virus, compiled byÂ Joe Brewer and Balazs Lazlo Karafiath,Â here.

Filed under: Climate Communication

Artists and Climate Change is a blog by playwright Chantal Bilodeau that tracks artistic responses from all disciplines to the problem of climate change. It is both a study about what is being done, and a resource for anyone interested in the subject. Art has the power to reframe the conversation about our environmental crisis so it is inclusive, constructive, and conducive to action. Art can, and should, shape our values and behavior so we are better equipped to face the formidable challenge in front of us.

Talk & Opening: In Context: Public.Art.Ecology â€“ Food Edition â€“ I

April 12, 2012Cultura21Alcohol Production, Art Projects, Artistic Communication, Berlin Germany, Communication Artists, Copenhagen Denmark, Cozzolino, Critical Examination, Flavor Chemistry, Frame Works, Francesca, Friday 13th, Interventions, Kagan, Kajsa, Khoj, Koefoed, Mechanical Installation, Mexico City, New Delhi, Oleg, Paris France, Patra, Public Art, Public Spaces, Rabindra, Rana, Sacha, Sculptural Installation, Sense Of Taste, Video Installation, Vitality

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Friday, 13th April, 2012 -Â 6:00 pm onwards â€“ New Delhi

Khoj Studios , S-17 Khirkee Extension

Works on view till 18th April, 2012Â â€“ 11:00 am â€“ 7:00pm

In Context: Public.Art.Ecology, Food Edition I is an International Residency with art projects and interventions in public spaces exploring the intersection between art and ecology through the politics of food.

Can Art be Tasted? â€“ A talk by Ryan Bromley
6:00 pm followed by the opening
This talk is a critical examination of issues surrounding the sense of taste and flavor in art, utilizing modernist cuisine and flavor chemistry as materials for artistic communication.

Artists-in-Residence

Julian Abraham, Indonesia
In Collaboration with Rabindra Patra, India
Mechanical installation involving an experiment in fermented alcohol production

Shweta Bhattad, India
Sculptural installation, video and performance

Alfonso BorragÃ¡n, Spain
Fosfofagias: fluorescent beverage and food interfaces

Frame Works : Ruchika Negi & Amit Mahanti, India
Video installation

Andrea Caretto & Raffaella Spagna, Italy
Installation and interventions in public space

Critic-in-Residence: Ryan Bromley

More Info: www.khojworkshop.org

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