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Artists Inspire Climate Action with International Competition in NYC August 21, 2018 (New York) - Over 37 international artists are using their art to “make climate personal and practical” in the heart of New York City with the Human Impacts Institute’s (HII) Eighth Annual Creative Climate Awards. An opening party on September 17th opening party at the stunning Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) at 1 East 42nd street in Manhattan will launch a month-long exhibition of climate-inspired performance art, installations, paintings, and films. “We are seeing the devastating impacts of climate change daily--from rampant wildfires in California to record temperatures across the globe to the relocation of an entire Staten Island community due to sea level rise. It’s clear we aren’t doing enough. We need new, creative ways to communicate solutions more effectively to a broader audience,” said Tara DePorte, Human Impacts Institute Founder and Executive Director. “Inspiring people to do more is what the Creative Climate Awards are all about.” DePorte will serve as this year’s opening party MC, bringing a wealth of knowledge as a visual artist and climate communications expert. CCA artists will be competing for a $2000 first place prize provided by TECO, judged for their artistic merit, messaging, and climate impact. ● ●
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Join the free Creative Climate Awards Opening Party: Monday, September 17th from 6:00-8:30 pm RSVP encouraged: https://goo.gl/QbMnxW Support climate action with the Human Impacts Institute’s annual fundraiser and silent auction, Night at the Library: Friday September 14th, 6:00-11:00 pm RSVP required: https://goo.gl/EvpQb8 See the exhibit which will be open from September 17th - October 12th, Monday to Friday, 9:00-5:00pm
The Human Impacts Institute is a think-and-do tank of social entrepreneurs who are continuously exploring new and creative approaches to tackle social and environmental issues. 2018 Selected Artists include: Caroline Landau, Cathy Weiss, Allegra Berger, Ryan Sarah Murphy, Victoria Boardman, Natalya Aikens, Vivian Shih, Nathan Kensinger, Daniela Naomi Molnar, Anat Propper Goldenberg, Dara Herman Zierlein, Vincent Mattina, Lucy Wilner, Justin Connelly, Eric Corriel, Jake Scharbach, Madison Emond, Chris Revelle, Ming-Jer Kuo, Sara Niroobakhsh, Andrés Zighelboim, Uroosa Ijaz, Oleg Kharch, Tony Wells, Neville Cichon, Danielle Eubank, Lorraine Turi, Desirée Patterson, Joan Hacker, Tatana Kellner, Chelsi "BrightEye" Benger, Devan Horton, Kelly Todd, Nadja Verena Marcin, Michael Premo, and Karl Lorenzen. With a special installation from Taiwanese artist and famed member of the band Sodagreen, Afu Ho Find out more at: HumanImpactsInstitute.org/ or follow us @HumanImpacts and facebook.com/HumanImpactsInstitute
Thanks to support from:
Project Oleg Kharch Group. Oleg Kharch & Olga Shuvalova comprehend in a common artistic practice an angular question to a person. Who are we? Where did they come from and where are we going?
Part One. “PROTECT THE NATURE – GODDAMN IT”.
61сm x 205 cm, collage, 2017
The concept: -“Ruthless cutting down forests for one-day gain in Ukraine: - In an ironic form, the snails are protesting against the tyranny that takes place in the Carpathians, on the wild amber extraction, and eventually in Kyiv itself. In the present, the Ukrainian local eco system is only conditionally divided by western borders with ecosystems of other European countries. An average citizen of the European Union or, for example, a fully secured Germany, will probably not see this trifle on the monitor of his beautiful "iphone" when he communicates a messenger between his friends. Yes, of course, he heard that there is a lot of climate change in the world. Nature is raging and suffering from the outrageous, already shouting actions of HUMAN on the planet EARTH. German woodworking business earns well on deliveries of allegedly Romanian wood lumber. Almost legally, the forest already like the round wood was send by dealers across the borders of the European Union. All this goes for the sake of money! So is it really that what happens in Ukraine does not have any relation to the inhabitants of Germany, Poland and etc. countries? Who knows! But such small and fragile creatures as snails on this topic should not be silent. Because when there is a general misfortune, its own armor can only delay the death of each one for a moment”. The text by Oleg Kharch. © Oleg Kharch Group 2018
