Zaria Forman: Drawings that show the beauty and fragility of Earth
Зариа Форман: Рисунки, показывающие красоту и хрупкость Земли
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of climate change through my work.
климата в своих работах.
to the capture the unfolding story
чтобы запечатлеть процесс
the subsequent rising seas.
повышение уровня моря.
the icy coast of Greenland
побережье Гренландии
but equally endangered
но одинаково подверженные опасности
of transition, turbulence
перемены, бурности
have the chance to visit.
никогда и не посетить.
as opposed to the devastation.
а не разрушение.
of these landscapes,
величественность этих пейзажей,
to protect and preserve them.
защищать и оберегать их.
that we take action
что мы предпринимаем действия
on our emotions above all else.
прежде всего на наших эмоциях.
that art impacts our emotions
что творчество влияет на наши эмоции
чем ужасающие репортажи в новостях.
безо льдов в Арктике наступит
between two and ten feet
на высоту от 70 см до 3 м
to illuminating these projections
освещению этих прогнозов
that statistics may not.
как не действует статистика.
with traveling to the places
с путешествия в места,
климатическим изменениям.
of the experience and the photographs
так и по фотографиям,
крупномасштабные композиции,
like charcoal, but colors.
которая сухая, как уголь, но в цвете.
but others call them painting.
но другие называют их живописью.
as a "finger painter."
«художником, рисующим пальцами».
my fingers and palms
только пальцы и ладони,
the composition as a whole,
всю композицию целиком,
through glassy water,
takes me about,
занимает у меня,
250 hours for something that size.
на рисунок подобного размера.
I could hold a crayon, really.
держать в руках карандаш.
и когда я росла,
all over the house.
художественные принадлежности.
remote regions of the earth,
места в мире,
on these adventures.
её в этих приключениях.
в Северной Африке
near the North Pole.
около Северного полюса.
I led my first expedition,
мою первую экспедицию,
up the northwest coast of Greenland.
к северо-западному берегу Гренландии.
supposed to lead this trip.
это путешествие.
stages of planning,
her body and mind,
never wavered, and I made a promise
не пошатнулась, и я пообещала,
в Гренландии,
with movement and sound
that I experienced.
чувство благоговения, что и я.
of the ice is evident,
under the unseasonably warm sun.
под аномально жарким солнцем.
many of the Inuit communities in Greenland
инуитов в Гренландии,
с большими испытаниями.
of vast areas of sea ice
территориях морского льда,
freezing over as they once did.
and harvesting grounds
of life and survival.
contributing factors to rising sea levels,
повышения уровня моря,
низколежащих островов.
I visited the Maldives,
в Гренландию я посетила Мальдивы,
in the entire world.
images and inspiration
я собрала образы и вдохновение
on the coast of a nation
о берегá государства,
within this century.
под воду в этом столетии.
происходят каждый день
amidst the melting ice.
среди тающих льдов.
of the landscape she loved so much,
который она так любила,
and takes on new form.
проходит и принимает новые формы.
на позитивном,
of what we all stand to lose.
что мы рискуем потерять.
of sublime landscapes in flux,
изменения великолепных пейзажей,
and inspiring our global community
и вдохновляя наше общество
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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