Zaria Forman: Drawings that show the beauty and fragility of Earth
Zaria Forman: Piešiniai, rodantys mūsų Žemės grožį ir trapumą
Zaria Forman uses visual art to connect people with the impact of climate change. Full bio
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of climate change through my work.
apie klimato kaitos problemos svarbą.
to the capture the unfolding story
kad įamžinčiau besivystančią istoriją
the subsequent rising seas.
jūrų lygį.
the icy coast of Greenland
pakrantėje
esančiose Maldyvų salose,
but equally endangered
tačiau vienodai nykstančias
of transition, turbulence
audringumą
emociškai suartėti
have the chance to visit.
nebus progos apsilankyti.
as opposed to the devastation.
o ne nuniokojimą.
of these landscapes,
didingumą,
to protect and preserve them.
bei saugoti.
that we take action
jog mes imamės veiksmų
on our emotions above all else.
pagal savo emocijas.
that art impacts our emotions
turi poveikį mūsų emocijoms
šiaurėje be ledo
between two and ten feet
3 metrų
to illuminating these projections
šių projekcijų skleidimui
that statistics may not.
statistika negali.
with traveling to the places
juntami stipriausi.
nuotraukų.
of the experience and the photographs
nuotraukų,
kompozicijas,
like charcoal, but colors.
sausa kaip medžio anglis, bet spalvina.
but others call them painting.
kitiems tai – paveikslai.
as a "finger painter."
„piešėja pirštu.“
my fingers and palms
ir pavidalo.
the composition as a whole,
pilną,
through glassy water,
stiklinį vandenį,
takes me about,
dydžio užtrunku apie,
250 hours for something that size.
250 valandų kažkam tokio dydžio.
I could hold a crayon, really.
į rankomis galėjau suimti kreidutę.
augant,
all over the house.
visame name.
remote regions of the earth,
on these adventures.
ją šiuose nuotykiuose.
Šiaurės Afrikoje
near the North Pole.
sniegu netoli Šiaurės Ašigalio.
I led my first expedition,
pirmai savo ekspedicijai,
up the northwest coast of Greenland.
Grenlandijos šiaurės vakarų pakrantėje.
supposed to lead this trip.
vadovauti šiai išvykai.
stages of planning,
etape
her body and mind,
ir protą,
mėnesių.
never wavered, and I made a promise
nesvyravo, ir aš daviau pažadą,
Grenlandijoje,
with movement and sound
garsais,
that I experienced.
pagarbos jausmą, kurį patyriau.
of the ice is evident,
under the unseasonably warm sun.
po ne pagal metų laiką šilta saule.
many of the Inuit communities in Greenland
daugelį Inuitų bendrijų Grenlandijoje,
iššūkių.
of vast areas of sea ice
didžiulius plotus ledų upių,
freezing over as they once did.
and harvesting grounds
plotai
of life and survival.
contributing factors to rising sea levels,
faktorių prie kylančio jūros lygio,
salas.
I visited the Maldives,
aplankiau Maldyvus,
in the entire world.
visame pasauly.
images and inspiration
paveikslus ir įkvėpimą
on the coast of a nation
šalies,
within this century.
jau šiame amžiuje.
amidst the melting ice.
tirpstančio ledo.
of the landscape she loved so much,
jai labai patiko,
and takes on new form.
ir įgauna naują formą.
ties pozityviais,
of what we all stand to lose.
ką mes visi galime prarasti.
of sublime landscapes in flux,
įrašai didingų, nuolat kintančių peizažų,
and inspiring our global community
mūsų pasaulinę bendruomenę
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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