Climate Change – An Expression of Sounds, Visuals, Words and Science. A symposium and performances where music, visual art, poetry and science presents the urgency of climate justice in a new and innovative light to give clarity of action to the defining issue of our generation.

The proposed project is an attempt to bring together artists, educators and scientists in an informed discussion and expression about climate change and its effects in Utah and beyond. The collaboration is intended to culminate in events at the Utah Museum of Natural History around October 5, 2020, at a time when the U will be in the national spotlight. The UMNH is a uniquely dramatic venue for this event, as it documents changes in nature on a large time scale, and also informs us of changes to come. The event will include new compositions, sound installations, poetry as well as presentation by researchers on effects of climate change that is affecting us right now. Apart from the U collaborators, several nationally prominent artists and scientists will be invited to present new works/research to emphasize the national and global scale of the issue - with each piece designed to have lasting impact through repeat presentations and performances globally. This project promotes several of the Strategic Goals of the U: No. 1 (Develop and Transfer New Knowledge) is the very definition of this project: to explore new ways of collaborating across campus to help new knowledge reach a broader audience through innovation. No. 2 (Promote Student Success to Transform Lives) is central to this project, as students and faculty from a a broad spectrum of campus (English, Music, Film, Atmospheric Sciences, Medicine, Art and Communication) will collaborate to present new knowledge.

Current Status

2021-09-14
Abstract :
Artivism for Earth aims to bring together prominent artists and scientists to explore new ways of communicating the urgency of climate change. Artists, writers, poets, filmmakers, composers, performers, scientists, and medical doctors joined the effort across the U campus and beyond. External collaborators counted prominent artists and scientists from Stanford University, Harvard University, University of Virginia, to name some. 

The culmination – so far – of these activities premiered on Earth Day 2021 (April 22) as a series of online events. It was released in online format partially as a result of Covid-19 lockdown measures. Still the project also changed the scope to become an ongoing movement, where the http://artivism4earth.utah.edu serves as a permanent resource in the ever-more urgent dialogue about climate change. Since the project attracted national attention- adding multiple collaborators around the nation - there is a strong demand for  Artivism  for Earth to be a continuing and on-going voice in the debate about climate change and how to solve this defining crisis. More than just completing an ambitious project, a movement was created. 

Publications

website resource  http://artivism4earth.utah.edu