CARBON II
PLATFORM EARTH
Il palazzo experimental, 60th biennale di venezia
15th April 2024 - 7th september 2024
Platform Earth is an environmental arts charity harnessing the power of carbon-negative art to fund marine carbon capture projects. It engages artists as agents of change to participate in exhibitions in aid of the environment. The aim is to harness the power of the art world to restore marine habitats with the aim of offsetting the UK art world’s carbon emissions via marine carbon capture projects.
Jonathan has developed a keen interest in the issue of climate change ever since he was a teenager when his father worked as the environment minister is the UK government. He agrees with Platform Earth’s assertion that art and the wider art community have the power to make a tangible and real contribution to mitigating climate change with a focus on ocean restoration.
Through a programme of exhibitions, installations, and lectures Platform Earth are pursuing our goal to dramatically alter the narrative on art production and consumption while raising funds through the sale of art, ensuring that critical environmental concerns remain integral to the cultural sector.
To see the works click here - https://platformearth.org/carbonii
“I’ve always loved medieval maps with their wonky geography, pieced together by sailors unsure of the exact costal lines, not to mention exotic sea creatures and other creative exaggerations.
It occurred to me that with the rising global temperatures and higher sea levels in low lying countries, certain cities will see significantly changing coastlines in the coming years. I liked the idea of contributing a piece which at first glance looks like something from the past but is actually a highly likely future scenario.
Low lying Venice will be highly susceptible to these sea level changes and the map illustrated here uses the most optimistic projection of how it will be 200 years from now.
I picked a level that represents the effects in 200 years time of 1.5 degrees warming (the international target set by Paris Climate accord). Given we’re currently on course for much more dramatic temperature rises, scarily this map is on course to become reality far sooner than that.”
