SCULPTURE MAGAZINE
WEB SPECIAL, January/February 2010
On Collaboration ( A Personal Account)
By Anita Glesta
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I am pleased to be able to contribute a work to the climate change conference in Copenhagen:
International Artists Raise Challenging Questions on Gender and Climate Change during COP15

ARTPORT_making waves and The Global Gender and Climate Alliance

Present:
(Re-) Cycles of Paradise
December 7-18, 2009
Daily 11am-7pm

DGI byen, Hall 55
Tietgensgade 65
DK - 1704 Copenhagen V
Denmark

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Kim Abeles (USA), Subhankar Banerjee (India/USA), Charley Case (Belgium), Meschac Gaba (Benin/NL), Anita Glesta (USA), Nnenna Okore (Nigeria/USA), Frances Whitehead (USA), Insa Winkler (Germany).

In (Re-) Cycles of Paradise, international artists explore the interrelation of gender and climate change while scientists and heads of states draw up global climate agreements at the most significant United Nations Conference on this topic since Kyoto.

The exhibition concept originates from the hypothesis that the world is, by necessity, the only possible paradise that we can create and conserve. The artists investigate the correlation of two parallel imbalances that are threatening this “paradise”: attitudes toward gender roles and the preservation of nature. In fact, women are not only suffering most from social, cultural, and religious inequality but also from the consequences of nature thrown out of balance.

Through photography, drawing, multi-media installation, and interactive performance, the artists use the context of climate change to examine the vulnerability and strength of women; the control, or lack thereof, by women over resources; the consequences of forced emigration; illnesses affecting women; and the resilience and empowerment of women as they face all of these difficulties; at times proposing innovative ways to recreate a new and sustainable paradise.

ARTPORT_making waves invites you to visit the exhibition at DGI byen, where most side-events by the Danish Foreign Ministry will be held.

Your ARTPORT team:

Corinne Erni, Co-Founder and Co-Director New York
Anne-Marie Melster, Co-Founder and Co-Director Valencia, Spain
Oliver Orest Tschirky, Director Zurich, Switzerland

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The Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA) is a joint initiative of numerous United Nations and international non-profit agencies that is raising awareness about the gender dimensions of climate change. WWW.GENDER-CLIMATE.ORG