Zaria Forman: Drawings that show the beauty and fragility of Earth
זריה פורמן: ציורים שמראים את היופי והשבריריות של כדור הארץ
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of climate change through my work.
של שינוי אקלים דרך העבודה שלי.
to the capture the unfolding story
כדי ללכוד את הסיפור המתגלה
the subsequent rising seas.
את עליית הימים כתוצאה ממנה.
the icy coast of Greenland
but equally endangered
of transition, turbulence
have the chance to visit.
לעולם לא תהייה לכם ההזדמנות לבקר.
as opposed to the devastation.
of these landscapes,
את הנשגבות של הנופים האלה,
to protect and preserve them.
that we take action
שאנחנו פועלים
on our emotions above all else.
that art impacts our emotions
between two and ten feet
בין 60 סנטימטר לשלושה מטר
to illuminating these projections
כדי להאיר את ההקרנות האלו
that statistics may not.
with traveling to the places
of the experience and the photographs
like charcoal, but colors.
שהם יבשים כמו פחם, אבל צבעוניים.
but others call them painting.
אבל אחרים קוראים לזה ציור.
as a "finger painter."
כשמתייחסים אלי כ"ציירת אצבעות."
my fingers and palms
the composition as a whole,
את הקומפוזיציה בכללותה,
through glassy water,
takes me about,
250 hours for something that size.
250 שעות למשהו בגודל כזה.
I could hold a crayon, really.
all over the house.
של חמרי אמנות בכל הבית.
remote regions of the earth,
on these adventures.
near the North Pole.
I led my first expedition,
הובלתי את המשלחת הראשונה שלי,
up the northwest coast of Greenland.
לחוף הצפון מערבי של גרינלנד.
supposed to lead this trip.
stages of planning,
her body and mind,
never wavered, and I made a promise
מעולם לא דעכה, והבטחתי לה
with movement and sound
that I experienced.
של יראת כבוד שחוויתי.
of the ice is evident,
under the unseasonably warm sun.
תחת השמש החמה יותר מהרגיל לעונה.
many of the Inuit communities in Greenland
הרבה מקהילות האינואיטים בגרינלנד
of vast areas of sea ice
על אזורים רחבים של קרח ים
freezing over as they once did.
and harvesting grounds
of life and survival.
contributing factors to rising sea levels,
לעליית פני הימים,
I visited the Maldives,
ביקרתי במלדיביים,
in the entire world.
images and inspiration
on the coast of a nation
within this century.
כבר במאה הזו.
amidst the melting ice.
of the landscape she loved so much,
שהיא אהבה כל כך,
and takes on new form.
of what we all stand to lose.
של מה שאנחנו עומדים להפסיד.
of sublime landscapes in flux,
של פני נוף נעלים בשינוי תמידי,
and inspiring our global community
לקהילה הגלובלית שלנו
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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