Check out this website for more artists climate conversations: www.acclimatize.modernamuseet.se
Glacial rock flour garden, 2016, Palace of Versailles.
Listen to Rosing's talk about the material below or click on image to learn more about the artwork
The circular space in the middle of the Bosquet de la Colonnade in the the Gardens of Versailles was filled with a thick layer of moraine – granite that was ground into a fine grey powder over centuries by moving glaciers. The claylike material surrounds the sculpture of Pluto abducting Persephone, the goddess of fertility. The installation is one result of Eliasson’s ongoing dialogue with geologist Minik Rosing, who is developing plans to export moraine from Greenland to tropical and subtropical areas, where it can be used to revitalise the depleted soil, as it is a rich source of the mineral nutrients that sustain crops and other plants.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCupHgKGCcY
Minik Rosing has identified a new Arctic resource produced by the melting glaciers – a fine rock flour that can re-fertilize poor tropical soils, increase crop yield and sustain economic development
This photo was taken yesterday in Greenland by Minik Rosing, professor in geology and long-time collaborator with the studio
How to Train Compassion - a workshop bringing together scientists researching compassion with clinical psychologist and comtemplative scholars
Today the Paris Agreement enters into force! It is a cause for optimism. Be inspired to take action!
More about the Ice Watch project here: www.icewatchparis.com
Little Sun at the opening ceremony of COP22 in Marrakesh
The glacier series, 1999
Green light - an artistic workshop, will travel to Moody Arts Centre, Houston, February 24
Epilogue: Fog assembly, Versailles
Tangible weather - #3D #studio #research
As part of Upaya's Nomads Clinic's work in Nepal, Joan Halifax distributes Little Suns to villagers in Dolpo. Click on image for more
“Noah and I just returned home to Upaya after two months of heartwarming travel, learning, service, and joy. We miss the deep smiles of our Nepali friends and the great mountains, and we are full of love and appreciation for the remarkable Nomads Clinic team of Nepalis and Westerners who gave so much to the mountain people.” - Joan Halifax
The Upaya Nomads Clinic is a group of medical clinicians and a support team who make a month long annual medical journey of service to the Himalayan region and Tibetan Plateau to serve health care needs in remote mountain communities by offering free services and training. The clinic provided Western medicine, Tibetan medicine, acupuncture, physical therapy, stretching (yoga), donations of children’s clothing, dental hygiene, hygiene clinics, as well as birth control and pregnancy counseling.
Read more about Upaya's Nomad's Clinic here: https://www.upaya.org
UN LIVE - A Museum for Humanity. Workshop at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark, 2015
Read about the project here
The construction of a waterfall.
The exhibition at Versailles closes Sunday
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"Knowing about something will not necessarily make you a stakeholder of change. Embodied knowledge is more likely to instigate change. This means that if you have emotional or embodied knowledge about the climate, war and peace, or hunger you are much more likely to act upon it. I am excited by the fact that the UN Live will cultivate this kind of deep, emotional learning. " Olafur Eliasson
