Zaria Forman: Drawings that show the beauty and fragility of Earth
زاریا فۆڕمان: کۆمەڵە تابلۆیەک کە جوانی و ناسکیی زەوی دەخەنە ڕوو
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of climate change through my work.
هونەرەکەم بخەمە بەر دیدی خەڵک.
سەبارەت بە چیرۆکی باس نەکراوی
to the capture the unfolding story
بەدەست بهێنم،
the subsequent rising seas.
بەرزبوونەوەی ئاستی ئاوی دەریا ببینم.
the icy coast of Greenland
but equally endangered
پێشهاتێکی گۆڕانی ئاو و هەوای هاوچەشن
of transition, turbulence
بە پەرۆشەوە پەیوەست بێت
have the chance to visit.
تا ئێستا سەردانی نەکردبێت.
as opposed to the devastation.
لە جێگەی کاوڵکاری جوانی بگوازمەوە.
of these landscapes,
to protect and preserve them.
that we take action
هەڵسکەوت و کاردانەوەمان لەسەر
on our emotions above all else.
that art impacts our emotions
هونەر لە هەواڵی ترسهێنەر کاریگەرترە
between two and ten feet
زەریاکان لە نێوان ٦٠ سم بۆ ٣ مەتر بێت
to illuminating these projections
ئەم کێشەیە تەرخان کردووە
that statistics may not.
ئامار و هەواڵەکان زیاترە.
بە گەشت کردن بۆ ئەم ناوچانەی
with traveling to the places
ئاو و هەوان دەست پێدەکەن.
هەزاران وێنە دەچرکێنم.
of the experience and the photographs
like charcoal, but colors.
بەڵام ڕەنگاوڕەنگ.
but others call them painting.
بەڵام خەڵک دەڵێن تابلۆن.
as a "finger painter."
وێنەکێشی پەنجەیی ناوزەندم دەکەن.
my fingers and palms
the composition as a whole,
through glassy water,
با ناو ئاوی بەستوو تێدەپەڕێت.
takes me about,
کێشانی تابلۆیەکی لەم چەشنە،
250 hours for something that size.
بۆ کێشانی وێنەیەکی لەم قەبارەیە پێویستە.
I could hold a crayon, really.
نیە لە کەیەوە وێنە دەکێشم.
بۆیە پێداویستەکانی،
all over the house.
بەردەست بوو.
remote regions of the earth,
on these adventures.
هاوسەفەری دایکم بکەین.
near the North Pole.
گالیسکەی سەگەکان بوون.
I led my first expedition,
ڕێبەری یەکەم گەشتم کرد،
up the northwest coast of Greenland.
بەرەو باکوری گرینلاند ڕینمایی کرد.
supposed to lead this trip.
stages of planning,
شێرپەنجەی مێشک.
her body and mind,
لە جەستە و مێشکی بڵاوبووەوە،
never wavered, and I made a promise
گەشتەکەی کەم نەبووەوە و بۆیە پەیمان دا
و گەشتەکە ئەنجام بدەم.
with movement and sound
و دەنگی سەهۆڵەکان
کە پێشتر پێی ئاشنا نەبووم.
that I experienced.
بکەن کە من ئەزموونم کرد،
of the ice is evident,
under the unseasonably warm sun.
لە ژێر گەرمایی ناوەختی خۆر دەکرد.
many of the Inuit communities in Greenland
بە ئینیوتەکان لە گرینلاند بکەوێت
تاقەتپڕوکێن دەبنەوە.
of vast areas of sea ice
بە دەریا بەستوەکانی ناوچەکە قسەیان بۆ کردم
freezing over as they once did.
and harvesting grounds
of life and survival.
contributing factors to rising sea levels,
بەرزبوونەوەی ئاستی ئاوی زەریاکانن،
I visited the Maldives,
گرینلاند، سەردانی ماڵدیڤم کرد،
in the entire world.
images and inspiration
هەمەچەشنم
on the coast of a nation
شەپۆڵەکان بۆ کەناراوی گەلێک
within this century.
amidst the melting ice.
سەهۆڵە تواوەکان پڕژاند.
of the landscape she loved so much,
ناوچەیەک کە عاشقی بوو،
and takes on new form.
و ناوچەی جیاواز دروست دەکەن.
لە دایکمەوە بۆم ماوەتەوە:
of what we all stand to lose.
ڕوو کە لەوانەیە لە دەستمان بچێت.
of sublime landscapes in flux,
شتە جوانە لە ناوچووەکان بن،
and inspiring our global community
هانی خەڵک و بریار لەدەستان بدات
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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