Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/19862
Title: Global Warning Art Exhibition
Contributor(s): Branagan, Marty (creator)
Publication Date: 2015
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/19862
Abstract: This 2015 Original Creative Work exhibited 12 mixed media artworks about anthropogenic global warming (AGW), at Armidale's Woodlands Centre, an event of ANZSEE's Conference, 'Thriving Through Transformation' & SLA's 'Road to Paris' campaign. AGW is widely regarded as the planet's gravest problem, yet the necessary mass mitigation actions are yet to happen, partly because traditional scientific & political communication is not adequate alone for this unprecedented challenge. The arts can effectively raise awareness of the problems; stimulate solutions-based reflection, discussion & action at individual & community levels; & bring beauty & optimism to a disturbing issue. Featuring artworks created over 10 years, with multiple layers & possible interpretations, synthesising pictorially the artist's AGW research since 1984, it conveyed complex information in innovative & aesthetically-pleasing ways, covering interconnected themes such as individual responsibility for AGW; personal empowerment; the nature of social change; energy & food consumption; transport; colonialism, Aboriginal dispossession & their environmental impacts; emotional & psychological responses to AGW; intergenerational equity; steady state instead of growth-based economics; political choices; civil disobedience; & noncooperation, divestment & ethical investment. Significantly, the project overcame barriers to engagement with AGW mitigation planning, including inaccessibility of technical information, complexity, apathy, feelings of powerlessness, activist burnout, & 'issue fatigue'. It brought 130 people & a school art class to an eco-venue to reflect collectively on action options; generate new concepts & understandings with practical applications; & dramatise EcoArts Australis & Armidale Tree Group's role in combatting biodiversity loss (& raising $1155). It publicised the Paris climate summit, using traditional & social media.
Publication Type: Curated Or Produced Substantial Public Exhibitions And Events - Exhibition/event
Publisher: Dr Marty Branagan
Place of Publication: Armidale, Australia
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 169999 Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 449999 Other human society not elsewhere classified
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 949999 Law, Politics and Community Services not elsewhere classified
960399 Climate and Climate Change not elsewhere classified
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 239999 Other law, politics and community services not elsewhere classified
190199 Adaptation to climate change not elsewhere classified
Format: 1 Exhibition, 23rd October - 11th December, 2015
HERDC Category Description: Z17 Curated or produced substantial public exhibition and events - Exhibition/Event
Appears in Collections:Curated Or Produced Substantial Public Exhibitions And Events - Exhibition/event

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