For the Melting Men installations Azevedo places hundreds, sometimes thousands, of hand-cut ice figures in public places. The whole installation usually melts within the next 30 minutes, depending on local conditions, and draws a crowd to watch the unfolding events. Her art is climate-art.
IF YOU DON’T ACT, someone else will decide everything. Borders and maps are an abstract painting created by world leaders, and the rest of us buy it; a good painter knows when to stop. All the man-made barriers are artificial things. Who said any of that can’t involve intervention? Isn’t that what all art is—intervention into space, nature, materials, presence, movement, and ideas? Well, so is activism, except activists are less fixated on originality than artists are. Both of these disciplines are self-reflexive; they have no start or end to their lifelong journey; and they require reconsideration of the notions that came before them.
Scientists hope a sediment-laying strategy can help preserve the marine highway while restoring marshlands in Georgia. Can similar efforts work in Northeast marshes? Would it be worth it? [This article is a representative sample of content The Commons may publish in cooperation with our partners.]
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