exhibition electric light has changed. current weather patterns around the world are showing us quite clearly that we are not looking after all planets and recent pictures coming out of venice some naturally disturbing not just for the local population that but for those around the world and indeed anyone who has visited this extraordinary city in northern italy the cripps insane unesco world heritage site is on the wall so this is the 6th time this has happened in 1200 years but 4 of those times have been in the last 2 decades. the climate crisis is threatening our cultural heritage but is the arts world also affecting the climate after all works of flying around the globe for us all to see the culture see trying to bring the subject of climate change to our attention is sometimes guilty of creating quite

a carbon footprint of. the contemporary art world is glamorous chic and extravagant and that carries an enormous carbon footprint. as people think they're the pinnacle of creation and art or culture is the cherry on top we're insanely arrogant. collectors artists and artworks too are constantly jetting around the globe. art festivals and museums are under pressure to produce record high visitor numbers. for years apart has been a major factor in bringing into words making cities more attractive to travelers with money. but what's the real cost the art world is beginning to consider that question last year artist will offer earlier some transported blocks of glacial ice from greenland to london for people to experience their slow. well to 1st half.

unfortunately just transporting the ice resulted in $35.00 tons of c o 2 emissions which the artist documents of himself can climate conscious art be made more climate friendly in frankfurt the exhibition trees of life stories for a damaged planet looks at some new ideas. are just at the one its leader has created a work that uses almost no resources he founded an organization that buys the land and turns it over to mother nature the idea is to help regenerate insect populations which some studies show have dropped by 80 percent over the last decades anyone can donate and participate. mention hits one and 2 creating nonhuman zones is a radical demand a utopian tomato because the idea of taking a piece of land away from humans and human productivity is not especially popular is it was was finished the songs for. this project digs even deeper turning the

micro macro a full room projection immerses visitors in the microbial life contained in a single drop of water showing us that we humans are just part of an incredibly complex ecosystem. all the cuffed also the great power of art is its ability to create deeper understanding sometimes that happens on a visual level sometimes through sounds that trigger something in us sometimes it works through intuition much more folks and not just there's the into it's all. these bacterial cultures make visible something many of us would like to ignore. researchers say some half of the cells in our bodies are not human cells at all but bacteria artists only a boy mode dips her own body into giant petri dishes allowing the bacteria that live on her skin to grow and paint her image.

artworks are not meant to last. it's not every artist who denies the art market her works. it's not so much about ownership this is mine let me hang it on my won't instead it's about changing our ideas and our behavior and not just for artists but for institutions that show their work many are trying to create exhibitions that are less damaging to the environment. it's a presenter sending exhibitions to large crowds means changing around the space and buying materials and there's no easy way out of that dilemma even while we're putting a show together there are still many ways to figure out with the artist if we couldn't use materials that are better smarter that can be reused oversight. and

that's. keeping down the impact of even daily life remains a huge challenge in this room i phones are reduced to their valuable raw materials mine from the earth at a huge cost to the environment. and consumption is another area artists are eyeing more critically the exhibition trees of life in frankfurt shows some of their positions and proves artists can do more to raise awareness for fragile planet. now the small weston german town of half ford is one of the most spectacular contemporary art museums in europe designed by the world renowned dock insect frank gehry its unique exterior is also reflected in signed by the very unique and different types of exhibitions they stage that currently as one cold in the spotlights of the night life in the gloom the premise that since the invention

of electricity we perhaps don't have enough darkness. the night has many faces dream figures that haunt our sleep. night owls at work and at play. in the dark has held a fascination for many artists around 100 works related to the theme are on display at a matter how far museum for art. is also get of the exhibition is really about how light especially electric light has changed to the night back in the 19th century many cities had a curfew at night fall people withdrew into their private sphere then along came gas lighting and then electric lighting and that changed city life quite radically stock the stock and you can leave them for and and as soon as they were street lamps to light up the darkness night work became more prevalent and garion french photographer breslau he documented this in 1930 s.

paris. today we live in the age of 247 this nocturnal gas station is a representation of around the clock consumption from our duo 4. in the vending machine alone candy bar wait. while night riders the artist's name for these robots from the 4 corners. in places where it no longer ever really gets dark it's difficult to get proper rest studies show that people are sleeping less and less power napping as the result people nodding off even in the overcrowded tokyo subway as captured in the work of photographer michael wolff . what i think has changed significantly is that the night has become just semi darkness for us today we actually live in a permanent twilight. to experience the real night we have to drive very far out into the countryside or to really remote areas you know. artists and physical book

deals with my. pollution her large format painting illumination of the world shows a nocturnal city so bright it dazzles. in this piece louise bush who asks has the day invaded the night or has the night invaded the day the exhibition at the marta museum is more about posing questions than providing answers. aging it's something we can't avoid it is a part of life and there's no getting away from it the photographer tomas kirov himself in his fifty's has been working on a project for the last couple of years photographing people of all ages from one to 100 carroll himself found that the older you get the more interesting you become how true that is. why died in vulnerable

children are open to what life will offer them 30 or 40 years later they become individual characters with a distinctive face it's. another 30 or 40 years and life has left its mark. 53 year old photographer thomas usually works for ad agencies companies and magazines but his photo book 100 meaning $100.00 is a project all his own. if we did. this and what i'd like to show with this book is the beauty of every human and humans of every age. if we look closely we can already see wisdom in young people and the curiosity that lives on in the elderly for me ultimately what i see in their eyes is magical in the hour they directed us. in my view. the photos show men and women from different cultures

age between one and 100 among them the photographer sun. at age 8. at the book release in berlin he was 3 years older and he could see the difference he kept many of us at least i've changed a lot on the outside i'm older i'm taller i got my hair cut shorter. and less and i think i've changed a lot on the and side to a more grown up and that is have been added to harden ever x. not the project also made 24 year old polina think about what each means to her. meant to america when you realize how many different says iran how much you change through the years in your early to mid twenty's are still really young and just starting out even if sometimes you feel much older and more grown out i can hear the. shot the portraits against a black background and his berlin studio this subject is veterinarian i finished new ghani born in 86 years ago in india. when.

i've lived my life by the eye or vedic approach i've practiced yoga and meditation . and i've grown old with it. i think being natural is the best way to live in the best. as a god as it is now after you who know 200000000 i found the years between 80 and 100 especially exciting because i didn't know very many people of that age is unfair and i've seen how much is still possible for them in terms of changes experiences and even new beginnings on the phone 84 year old who's taken up tennis lessons were a very lively 99 year old i was surprised and happy to see how much joy and lust for life is still possible at that age and. mukesh has. from child to teenager from adult to senior sweeping optical changes occur over a lifetime but kiosks work shows that on the inside everyone's development is

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