氣候「行動主義者」在冰島 用藝術傳遞訊息

北極熊並非冰島土生土長，當牠們在北極圈的家融化了，牠們遷到冰島的岸邊當作牠們的家，這是就是一個氣候變遷如何影響我們世界的象徵。

至少冰島的藝術家Bjargey Ólafsdóttir正視了這個狀況，並激發了他的靈感，為第一次世界的全球氣候藝術計畫做出貢獻。

在聯合國氣候會議星期一在墨西哥坎昆(Cancun)召開之前，事件的籌劃者把「350地球」(350 EARTH)，一系列的大型公共藝術，在我們存在的星球上展現出來，提醒大家對於氣候危機要提高警覺。

每一個藝術裝置都被設計大到可以在太空中用肉眼看見。而計畫最主要的部分正由全球數位(Digital Globe)，在科羅拉多基地公司的衛星在運作拍照。這個計畫主要的目的在於提供如何解決氣候危機的影像，並顯現藝術家對於氣候改變會如何影響世界的感知。

在冰島，藝術家Ólafsdóttir與一個搜救團隊合作，在冰河融化的地方，用上百個紅色的帳棚，創作了一個大北極熊。

這個圖像的創作靈感，來自秘魯神秘的納斯卡線和小孩子的塗鴉，它在探索日漸縮小的冰河和海冰，還有北極熊未來不確定的面貌。

「藝術可以用不同於科學的方法去傳達，氣候改變對於我們星球的威脅。」350.org的創立者也是環境保護作家Bill McKibben如此表示。「世界上最頂尖的科學家都一直再試圖讓政客正視到氣候危機的問題，但現在我們卻指望藝術家的幫忙了。」

原文出自：
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/26/climate-activists-in-iceland-use-art-to-send-message/?iref=allsearch

Climate activists in Iceland use art to send message

Polar bears are not native to Iceland. But they have been arriving on its shores as their homes melt in the North Pole, a symbol of how climate change is affecting our world.

Or at least that's how Icelandic artist Bjargey Ólafsdóttir sees it, inspiring her contribution to the world’s first global climate art project.

"350 EARTH" is a series of giant public art displays around the planet to help raise awareness about the climate crisis before the UN Climate Meetings begin Monday in Cancun, Mexico, according to the event's organizers.

Each art installation is designed to be large enough to be visible from space, and the majority of the projects are being photographed by satellites operated by a Colorado-based company, Digital Globe.

The projects are intended to show the artists' perceptions of how climate change is affecting our world and offer visions of how to can solve the crisis.

In Iceland, Ólafsdóttir collaborated with a rescue team to create a polar bear out of hundreds of red tents at the base of a melting Icelandic glacier. The image is inspired by the Nazca lines of Peru and children's drawings, and it seeks to highlight diminishing glaciers and sea ice, as well as the uncertain future polar bears face.

"Art can convey in a different way than science the threat that climate change poses to our planet,” 350.org founder and environmental author Bill McKibben said. “The world’s best scientists have tried to wake up politicians to the climate crisis; now we’re counting on artists to help."