Zaria Forman: Drawings that show the beauty and fragility of Earth
Zaria Forman: Zeichnungen, die die Schönheit und Zerbrechlichkeit der Erde zeigen
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of climate change through my work.
durch meine Arbeit zu zeigen.
to the capture the unfolding story
the subsequent rising seas.
Meeresspiegelanstieg zu dokumentieren.
the icy coast of Greenland
die eisige Küste Grönlands
but equally endangered
Teile unseres Planeten.
of transition, turbulence
des Übergangs, der Turbulenz
eine emotionale Verbindung
have the chance to visit.
nie wird besuchen können.
as opposed to the devastation.
statt die Zerstörung.
of these landscapes,
dieser Landschaften erlebt,
to protect and preserve them.
sie zu schützen und zu erhalten.
that we take action
wir auf Grundlage unserer Emotionen
on our emotions above all else.
und uns für Dinge einsetzen.
that art impacts our emotions
Emotionen besser beeinflusst
between two and ten feet
kann bis zum Jahr 2100
to illuminating these projections
diese Vorhersagen
Medium zu illustrieren --
that statistics may not.
wie es für Statistiken unmöglich ist.
with traveling to the places
die Orte zu besuchen,
Klimawandel betroffen sind.
of the experience and the photographs
an das Erlebte, als auch von den Fotos,
die trocken ist wie Kohle, aber färbt.
like charcoal, but colors.
but others call them painting.
als Zeichnungen,
as a "finger painter."
mich Leute "Fingermalerin" nennen.
my fingers and palms
Finger und Handflächen,
nicht Eis oder Wasser.
Farbe und Form.
the composition as a whole,
Gesamtkomposition erfahren,
through glassy water,
gläsernes Wasser schwimmt,
brechende Welle.
takes me about,
im Schnitt etwa 10 Sekunden,
250 hours for something that size.
für etwas in dieser Größe.
I could hold a crayon, really.
einen Stift halten kann.
überall im Haus Kunstbedarf.
all over the house.
remote regions of the earth,
entlegensten Winkel der Erde.
on these adventures.
auf diesen Abenteuern.
near the North Pole.
I led my first expedition,
meine erste Expedition --
up the northwest coast of Greenland.
entlang der Nordwestküste Grönlands.
supposed to lead this trip.
diese Reise leiten.
stages of planning,
her body and mind,
von ihrem Körper und Geist
never wavered, and I made a promise
Expedition und ich versprach ihr,
Mutter für die Arktis
Wahrnehmung von Grönland wider.
dieser Landschaft.
with movement and sound
voller Bewegung und Geräusche,
that I experienced.
erfahren wie ich.
of the ice is evident,
under the unseasonably warm sun.
warmen Sonne schwitzte.
Inuit-Siedlungen auf Grönland zu besuchen,
many of the Inuit communities in Greenland
Herausforderungen stehen.
of vast areas of sea ice
von riesigen Eisflächen,
freezing over as they once did.
heute nicht mehr zufrieren.
and harvesting grounds
of life and survival.
und überleben gefährdet.
contributing factors to rising sea levels,
ansteigender Meeresspiegel,
im Ozean versinken.
I visited the Maldives,
besuchte ich die Malediven,
in the entire world.
images and inspiration
neuer Arbeiten inspiriert:
on the coast of a nation
die auf ein Land treffen,
within this century.
vollständig unter Wasser sein könnte.
amidst the melting ice.
meiner Mutter im schmelzenden Eis.
of the landscape she loved so much,
der Landschaft, die sie so geliebt hat,
and takes on new form.
und neue Form annimmt.
die meine Mutter mir überließ,
das Positive zu konzentrieren,
of what we all stand to lose.
was wir im Begriff sind zu verlieren.
of sublime landscapes in flux,
von Landschaften in Bewegung dienen,
and inspiring our global community
unsere globale Gemeinschaft inspirieren,
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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