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Kalyptos was commissioned for a London roof garden and is about the Eucalyptus seed cycle. It is one of a pair of sculptures, the other is called Akalyptos
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- Posted @withrepost • @lacunaprojects Can Art Change Minds About Climate Change? New Research Says It Can—But Only If It’s a Very Specific Kind of Art according to new research via @artnet News In a new paper published in the journal Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts, Laura Kim Sommer and Christian A. Klöckner of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology have identified a narrow set of parameters for what makes activist art effective in altering public opinion. The study surveyed 874 visitors’ reactions to works on view at the ArtCOP21 climate change festival, which saw artworks scattered throughout the city of Paris to coincide with the World Climate Change Conference. It looked at their emotional reactions, the relevance of each work of art to their daily lives, and how much the works inspired personal reflection or action, according to Pacific Standard. Based on the results, researchers were able to divide the show into four categories: “the comforting utopia,” “the challenging dystopia,” “the mediocre mythology,” and “the awesome solution.” In the end, only three works among the 37 on view made people feel like they were able to do something about climate change. All three, which were categorized under “the awesome solution,” were “beautiful and colorful depictions of sublime nature that are showing solutions to environmental problems,” Klöckner and Sommer wrote. To the researchers surprise, the participatory works on view did not have much effect on visitors. “It did not make them reflect much on their own role within the climate crisis or the consequences a changing climate would have for them,” Sommer told artnet News in an email. “It just gave them a sense of belonging, which is why we called it the ‘comforting utopia.’ I was expecting that offering people a way to participate would lead to more engagement. But it seems that people want to be made aware of something awe-inspiring by someone that thinks differently, rather than be part of the creative process.” Full article via: https://ift.tt/2GvYbaa
- So proud of these
- Everywhere you look
- Surge sculpture installation @talbotheathsch last week in the sunshine #Surge #sculpture #scienceandart #publicart #fluiddynamics #STEAM #steamhub with photos by @ezawezaa and @davidbird2020 help from @liliabird98 @oscar_bird2 #family affair #callmemum
- Surge was installed this week, great to see it in place @talbotheathsch to celebrate their new STEAM Hub. It’s all about how water likes to move #howmattermoves #science #scienceandart #STEAM #sculpture #progression #chevron #glass #structuralengineering
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