Zaria Forman: Drawings that show the beauty and fragility of Earth
Zaria Forman: Desenhos que mostram a beleza e a fragilidade da Terra
Zaria Forman uses visual art to connect people with the impact of climate change. Full bio
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climática através do meu trabalho.
of climate change through my work.
to the capture the unfolding story
a fim de capturar os desdobramentos
the subsequent rising seas.
a subsequente elevação dos mares.
the icy coast of Greenland
a costa congelada da Groenlândia
aparentemente díspares do planeta,
but equally endangered
of transition, turbulence
momentos de transição,
se conectarem emocionalmente
have the chance to visit.
nunca tenham a chance de visitar.
as opposed to the devastation.
em oposição à devastação.
of these landscapes,
a magnificência dessas paisagens,
to protect and preserve them.
a protegê-las e preservá-las.
that we take action
acima de tudo, em nossas emoções.
on our emotions above all else.
that art impacts our emotions
que a arte impacta nossas emoções
reportagens assustadoras.
verões sem gelo no Ártico
subam de 60 cm a 3 m
between two and ten feet
to illuminating these projections
a iluminar essas projeções
que as estatísticas talvez não consigam.
that statistics may not.
with traveling to the places
com viagens para os lugares
of the experience and the photographs
da experiência e com as fotos,
like charcoal, but colors.
que é seco como o carvão, mas colorido.
but others call them painting.
mas outros o consideram pintura.
as a "finger painter."
o chamam de "pintura a dedo".
usei os dedos e as palmas das mãos
my fingers and palms
é uma forma de meditação.
o que estou desenhando.
the composition as a whole,
a composição como um todo,
through glassy water,
através da água vitrificada,
takes me about,
me toma aproximadamente,
250 hours for something that size.
em algo desse tamanho.
I could hold a crayon, really.
consegui um lápis de cera.
all over the house.
pela casa toda.
remote regions of the earth,
mais remotas do planeta,
on these adventures.
nessas aventuras.
near the North Pole.
perto do polo Norte.
I led my first expedition,
minha primeira expedição,
à costa noroeste da Groenlândia.
up the northwest coast of Greenland.
supposed to lead this trip.
stages of planning,
iniciando o planejamento,
por um tumor cerebral.
her body and mind,
de seu corpo e sua mente,
never wavered, and I made a promise
adiante sua jornada final.
nos dá uma lição de humildade.
with movement and sound
com movimento e som
that I experienced.
de reverência que experimentei.
of the ice is evident,
evidente a magnitude do gelo,
under the unseasonably warm sun.
sob o sol quente temporão.
many of the Inuit communities in Greenland
das comunidades inuítes na Groenlândia,
of vast areas of sea ice
de vastas áreas de mar congelado
freezing over as they once did.
and harvesting grounds
of life and survival.
e sobrevivência.
contributing factors to rising sea levels,
para a elevação dos níveis do oceano,
I visited the Maldives,
para a Groenlândia, visitei as Maldivas,
in the entire world.
colhi imagens e inspiração
images and inspiration
on the coast of a nation
as costas de uma nação
within this century.
debaixo d’água ainda neste século.
acontecem todos os dias
amidst the melting ice.
no meio do gelo derretido.
of the landscape she loved so much,
que tanto amava,
mude e assuma uma nova forma.
and takes on new form.
que recebi da minha mãe,
o positivo, em vez do negativo.
of what we all stand to lose.
of sublime landscapes in flux,
sublimes em mudança,
and inspiring our global community
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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