ART FROM COPENHAGEN CLIMATE CONFERENCE

Written By: admin on February 12, 2010 116 Comments

Photos above courtesy of "ReThink: Contemporary Art and Climate Change" public relations

by Leila Kaas

Below are photos I took of selected work from the “RETHINK – Contemporary Art and Climate Change” exhibition and “Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet” exhibition, both presented at various locations in Copenhagen during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP15) in December ‘09.

Both exhibitions are presently traveling throughout 2010. Dates and locations can be found here: RETHINK, COOL GLOBES. If you live in or have friends in any of the touring cities, please consider attending these exhibitions. Supporting these artists who are doing important and relevant work can actually make a difference. Thank you!

Click each picture to go to individual artist webpages on the official exhibition website. There you’ll find video interviews with the artists, their bios and extra materials on their work.

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RETHINK the Implicit at Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art

Curator: Director Malene Natascha Ratcliffe, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Arrt.

Artists: Elin Hansdottir (IS), Thilo Frank (DE), Jenrik Håkansson (SE), Bright Ugochukwu Eke (NG), Kerstin Ergenzinger (DE), Tove Storck (DK).

Bright Ugochukwu Eke, ACID RAIN, 2009 (water, plastic bags, carbon)

Bright Ugochukwu Eke, ACID RAIN, 2009 (water, plastic bags, carbon)

Kerstin Ergenzinger, STUDY FOR LONGING / SEEING, 2008 (polymer foam, carbon, muscle-wire®, self-built Lehman seismograph, geophone, and custom electronics)

This material moves depending on the amount of vibration in the room from viewers walking around it.

Kerstin Ergenzinger, STUDY FOR LONGING / SEEING, 2008 (polymer foam, carbon, muscle-wire®, self-built Lehman seismograph, geophone, and custom electronics)

Kerstin Ergenzinger, STUDY FOR LONGING / SEEING, 2008 (polymer foam, carbon, muscle-wire®, self-built Lehman seismograph, geophone, and custom electronics)

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RETHINK Relations at The National Gallery of Denmark

Curator: Senior Curator Marianne Torp, National Gallery of Denmark.

Artists: Tomas Saraceno (AR), Olafur Eliasson (IS/DK), Henrik Håkansson (SE), Allora & Calzadilla (US/CU).

Tomas Saraceno, BIOSPHERES, 2009 (inflatable modules, acrylic, rope, plants, water)

Tomas Saraceno, BIOSPHERES, 2009 (inflatable modules, acrylic, rope, plants, water)

Yes those are people inside!

Tomas Saraceno, BIOSPHERES, 2009 (inflatable modules, acrylic, rope, plants, water)

I went inside too… It was great. First you had to trust that the piece would support you… you crossed a little bridge and was inside of a vast plastic space held by the ropes… and you could see everything down through the transparent surface. There was one child who was afraid to go in with his brother. So their father had to go with them. This was an especially interactive piece.

Tomas Saraceno, BIOSPHERES, 2009 (inflatable modules, acrylic, rope, plants, water)

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RETHINK Kakotopia at Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center

Curator: Director Elisabeth Delin Hansen, Nikolaj Contemporary Art Center

Artists: Lise Autogena (DK), and Joshua Portway (UK), Bill Burns (CA), The Icelandic Love Corporation (IS), Eric Andersen (DK), Tea Mäkipää (FI), Haubitz + Zoche (DE), Tue Greenfort (DK), Cornelia Parker (UK), Ruri (IS), Superflex (DK), Fiona Tan (ID/NL).

Entrance to the Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center

Ruri, GLASS RAIN, 1984 (glass pieces, nylon string)

Ruri, GLASS RAIN, 1984 (glass pieces, nylon string)

Eric Andersen, THE SUN LAWN, 1982 (documentation, mixed materials)

I suggest viewing this video of Eric’s SUN LAWN. It’s a wonderful concept that invites people to experience the sun and earth from a unique perspective.