POLAR: the Art & Science of Climate Change
A season of events focusing on the curation and production of climate change knowledge in the polar regions, including artists' commissions, interdisciplinary symposium, public talks and a publication
The first series of public lectures and symposium is complete. We plan to put extracts of recordings of the sessions online in due course. In the meantime, you can read abstracts from the symposium via the links below. The Polar archives book is currently in development and will be published in March 2008. Anne Brodie and Weather Permitting are being commissioned to create artworks for the next phase of Polar.
Symposium: POLAR: Fieldwork & Archive Fever
Monday 19 & Tuesday 20 November 2007
British Library Conference Centre, St Pancras, 96 Euston Road, London NW1
This iinterdisciplinary symposium will focus on the curation and production of climate change knowledge in the polar regions. It will bring together scientists, writers, artists, historians and social scientists with interests in knowledge about the polar landscape and its broader implications for global climate and society.
Public Talks: POLAR: The Art & Science of Climate Change
Four public lectures took place at the British Library.
Wednesday 17 October - EVERYDAY DISASTERS
Monday 5 November - CLIMATE CHANGE & HUMAN RIGHTS
Monday 19th November - THE NEW ICONOGRAPHY OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Monday 26 November - GEOPOLITICS OF COLD
Images:
Left & second left: Photo Kathryn Yusoff, 2nd from right: London Fieldworks, Polaria fieldwork NE Greenland (photo Anthony Oliver)
Far right: Anne Brodie, Wastegloo
