Zaria Forman: Drawings that show the beauty and fragility of Earth
Zaria Forman: Des dessins qui montrent la beauté et la fragilité de la Terre
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of climate change through my work.
du changement climatique dans mon travail.
to the capture the unfolding story
pour capturer l'histoire
the subsequent rising seas.
l'élévation du niveau de la mer.
the icy coast of Greenland
la côte glacée du Groenland
dans les Maldives,
but equally endangered
apparemment disparates
of transition, turbulence
de transition, de turbulence
de créer un lien émotionnel
have the chance to visit.
peut-être jamais.
as opposed to the devastation.
plutôt que la dévastation.
of these landscapes,
de ces paysages,
to protect and preserve them.
à les protéger et à les préserver.
that we take action
dit que nous agissons
on our emotions above all else.
principalement sur nos émotions.
that art impacts our emotions
que l'art affecte nos émotions
qu'un journal télévisé.
des étés arctiques sans glace
between two and ten feet
de 1 à 3 mètres
to illuminating these projections
à illuminer ces projections
that statistics may not.
dont sont incapables les statistiques.
with traveling to the places
en voyageant aux endroits
de photographies.
of the experience and the photographs
et aux photographies
like charcoal, but colors.
secs comme du fusain, mais colorés.
but others call them painting.
certains les appellent peintures.
as a "finger painter."
que je « peins avec les doigts ».
my fingers and palms
mes doigts et mes paumes
sur le papier.
une forme de méditation.
de couleur et de forme.
the composition as a whole,
la composition comme un tout,
through glassy water,
dans de l'eau glacée
pleine d'écume.
takes me about,
me prend environ,
250 hours for something that size.
pour une œuvre de cette taille.
I could hold a crayon, really.
depuis que je peux tenir un crayon.
et, en grandissant,
all over the house.
de matériel artistique.
remote regions of the earth,
les plus reculées,
on these adventures.
durant ces aventures.
en Afrique du nord
near the North Pole.
par des chiens de traîneau au pôle Nord.
I led my first expedition,
j'ai dirigé ma première expédition,
up the northwest coast of Greenland.
sur la côte nord-est du Groenland.
supposed to lead this trip.
diriger ce voyage.
stages of planning,
d'y aller ensemble,
d'une tumeur cérébrale.
her body and mind,
son corps et son esprit,
never wavered, and I made a promise
n'a jamais vacillé et j'ai promis
with movement and sound
en mouvement et en son,
that I experienced.
d'émerveillement que j'ai ressentie.
of the ice is evident,
de la glace est évidente,
under the unseasonably warm sun.
sous le soleil inhabituel pour la saison.
many of the Inuit communities in Greenland
à de nombreuses communautés inuites,
à d'énormes défis.
of vast areas of sea ice
de vastes zones de mer de glace
freezing over as they once did.
comme elles le faisaient avant.
and harvesting grounds
de chasse et de récolte
of life and survival.
de vivre et de survivre.
contributing factors to rising sea levels,
de l'élévation du niveau de la mer,
du monde.
I visited the Maldives,
j'ai visité les Maldives,
in the entire world.
du monde.
images and inspiration
des images et de l'inspiration
on the coast of a nation
sur la côte d'une nation
within this century.
d'ici la fin du siècle.
se produisent chaque jour
amidst the melting ice.
au milieu des glaciers en train de fondre.
of the landscape she loved so much,
du paysage qu'elle aimait tant,
and takes on new form.
et prend une nouvelle forme.
que ma mère m'a faits,
à me concentrer sur le positif
of what we all stand to lose.
de ce que nous allons tous perdre.
of sublime landscapes in flux,
des paysages sublimes et fluctuants,
and inspiring our global community
et inspirant notre communauté mondiale
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Zaria Forman - ArtistZaria Forman uses visual art to connect people with the impact of climate change.
Why you should listen
The inspiration for Zaria Forman's drawings began in early childhood when she traveled with her family throughout several of the world's most remote landscapes, which were the subject of her mother's fine art photography. She was born in South Natick, Massachusetts and currently works and resides in Brooklyn, New York. She studied at the Student Art Centers International in Florence, Italy and received a BS in Studio Arts at Skidmore College in New York. Her works have been in publications such as Juxtapoz Magazine, National Geographic Magazine, Huffington Post, and the Smithsonian Magazine.
Recent achievements include participation in Banksy's Dismaland and a solo exhibition at Winston Wächter Fine Art in New York in September and October of 2015. Her drawings have been used in the set design for the Netflix TV series House of Cards.
In August 2012, Forman led Chasing the Light, an expedition sailing up the coast of Greenland, retracing the 1869 journey of American painter William Bradford and documenting the rapidly changing arctic landscape. Continuing to address climate change in her work, Forman traveled multiple times to the Maldives, the lowest-lying country in the world, and arguably the most vulnerable to rising sea levels.
Forman was invited aboard the National Geographic Explorer, traveling to Antarctica as an artist-in-residence in November and December 2015. Her next solo show will take place at Winston Wächter Fine Art’s Seattle location, in February and March of 2017.
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