Zaria Forman: Drawings that show the beauty and fragility of Earth
ザリア・フォーマン: 儚くも美しき地球の絵画
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of climate change through my work.
気候変動の緊急性を伝える事です
to the capture the unfolding story
その現実を捉える為に
the subsequent rising seas.
南は赤道直下まで足を運びました
the icy coast of Greenland
私はグリーンランドの氷床と
モルディブを訪れました
but equally endangered
どちらも等しく
of transition, turbulence
景色の移り変わりや荒々しさ
今後も無いかもしれない人々に
have the chance to visit.
心理的な繋がりをもたらします
as opposed to the devastation.
私は 美しさを描く事を選びました
of these landscapes,
まさに経験すれば
to protect and preserve them.
そう思ったからです
that we take action
私たちは 何よりも感情に基づいて
on our emotions above all else.
という事が指摘されています
that art impacts our emotions
不安をあおるニュースよりも
訴えかけるという事実です
北極に氷の無い夏が訪れると
between two and ten feet
0.60から3メートルに及ぶかもしれません
to illuminating these projections
数字だけでは伝えきれない意味を
that statistics may not.
人生を捧げてきたのです
with traveling to the places
of the experience and the photographs
そして写真を頼りに
like charcoal, but colors.
色彩豊かで 柔らかなパステルで描きます
but others call them painting.
絵画という人もいて
as a "finger painter."
そう言われると 困惑してしまいます
道具は何も使いませんし
my fingers and palms
私にとって ある種の瞑想です
氷とか水であるとか
イメージをできる限り本質的な
the composition as a whole,
through glassy water,
体験することが できるのです
takes me about,
仕上げるのにかかる時間は
10秒くらいでしょうか
250 hours for something that size.
もしくは250時間くらいかかります
I could hold a crayon, really.
私は描き続けてきました
all over the house.
注がれた母の情熱は
remote regions of the earth,
彼女を駆り立て
幸運にも—
on these adventures.
彼女の力になる事ができたのです
near the North Pole.
犬ぞりを走らせました
I led my first expedition,
芸術家と学者のグループを集い
up the northwest coast of Greenland.
初めて遠征隊を率いました
supposed to lead this trip.
先導する予定でした
stages of planning,
その時までは—
her body and mind,
彼女の身体と精神を蝕み
never wavered, and I made a promise
その最期の願いを実現しようと
何度も私の胸に 響きました
その大きさは
with movement and sound
生の躍動と唸りは
大きく異なるものでした
that I experienced.
作品の大きさを拡大したのです
of the ice is evident,
その儚さも描くのです
under the unseasonably warm sun.
汗ばみながら堪える氷塊です
many of the Inuit communities in Greenland
イヌイットのコミュニティを訪れました
of vast areas of sea ice
かなりの領域において
freezing over as they once did.
見られないと言うのです
and harvesting grounds
彼らの狩猟や採集の土地が
of life and survival.
生存さえも脅かします
contributing factors to rising sea levels,
I visited the Maldives,
in the entire world.
モルディブを訪れました
images and inspiration
次なる作品の基軸となる
on the coast of a nation
沈みゆくかもしれない国の
within this century.
毎日どこかで起きています
個人的なものであっても
amidst the melting ice.
融け行く氷へ まきました
of the landscape she loved so much,
流れ変化を続けるとしても
and takes on new form.
一部として 残るのです
たくさんの教えの一つは
of what we all stand to lose.
失いかけているものの美しさを讃えます
of sublime landscapes in flux,
壮大な景色として記録し
and inspiring our global community
未来への行動を起こす
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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