Zaria Forman: Drawings that show the beauty and fragility of Earth
Zaria Forman: Desene care arată frumuseţea şi fragilitatea Pământului
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of climate change through my work.
urgența schimbării climatice.
to the capture the unfolding story
ca să surprind povestea
the subsequent rising seas.
mările care se ridică.
the icy coast of Greenland
a Groenlandei
but equally endangered
dar la fel de amenințate
of transition, turbulence
de tranziție, turbulență
să se lege emoțional
have the chance to visit.
n-ar avea șansa să îl viziteze.
as opposed to the devastation.
în loc de devastare.
of these landscapes,
acestor peisaje,
to protect and preserve them.
that we take action
că trecem la acțiune
on our emotions above all else.
în primul rând, pe emoții.
that art impacts our emotions
mai mare asupra emoțiilor noastre
between two and ten feet
cu 60 cm până la 3 metri
to illuminating these projections
a acestor proiecții
that statistics may not.
statisticile nu o fac.
with traveling to the places
călătorind în locuri
of the experience and the photographs
like charcoal, but colors.
cărbunele, dar colorate.
but others call them painting.
dar alții le numesc picturi.
as a "finger painter."
"pictoriță cu degetele".
my fingers and palms
degetele şi palmele
meditaţie.
simplificată
the composition as a whole,
through glassy water,
takes me about,
de mărimea asta îmi ia cam,
250 hours for something that size.
ceva de mărimea asta.
I could hold a crayon, really.
ţin în mână un creion.
și crescând,
all over the house.
peste tot în casă.
remote regions of the earth,
izolate regiuni ale Pământului,
on these adventures.
în aceste aventuri.
near the North Pole.
lângă Polul Nord.
I led my first expedition,
prima mea expediţie,
up the northwest coast of Greenland.
intelectuali în nord-vestul Groenlandei.
supposed to lead this trip.
să conducă expediţia.
stages of planning,
her body and mind,
foarte repede
never wavered, and I made a promise
clătinat, aşa că am făcut promisiunea
mea în Groenlanda
with movement and sound
viaţă prin mişcare şi sunet
that I experienced.
veneraţie pe care am simţit-o.
of the ice is evident,
under the unseasonably warm sun.
sub soarele dogoritor.
many of the Inuit communities in Greenland
comunităţi inuite
uriaşe în prezent.
of vast areas of sea ice
despre zone vaste
freezing over as they once did.
and harvesting grounds
şi recoltat
of life and survival.
şi supravieţuirea.
contributing factors to rising sea levels,
duc la creșterea nivelului mărilor,
I visited the Maldives,
am vizitat Insulele Maldive,
in the entire world.
images and inspiration
imagini şi inspiraţie
on the coast of a nation
lovindu-se de coasta unei naţiuni
within this century.
în timpul acestui secol.
în fiecare zi
amidst the melting ice.
peste gheaţa care se topea.
of the landscape she loved so much,
pe care l-a iubit atât de mult,
and takes on new form.
şi ia o formă nouă.
primite de la mama mea
concentra pe lucrurile pozitive,
of what we all stand to lose.
a ceea ce putem pierde.
of sublime landscapes in flux,
a unor peisaje sublime în evoluție,
and inspiring our global community
comunitatea globală
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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