"Defined and adopted by the Paris Agreement in 2015, the 1.5° global warming threshold had already been called small island states since 2009, whose territorial habitability is no longer guaranteed beyond this target. All over the world, heat waves, floods, droughts and fires keep remind us the urgency of the problem. The UN* even talks about entering an "uncharted territory of destruction". Despite all these facts, governmental efforts remain largely insufficient in view of the defined objective.
So what should be done? The answer is one-sided: we must act faster and harder, because from now on, every half degree will matter!" AnneSophie Bérard, curator of the "Each Degree Count"
A PATH TO DISCOVER BY ANNESOPHIE BÉRARD, FROM 15 november :
Faced with a situation whose scope goes far beyond individual responsibility, we wanted to create an exhibition that would allow a sensitive reappropriation of the subject. The artists presented here are all, in their own way, alchemists sharing with us an intimate and poetic insight.
It is first of all a feeling of fear that is shared: as shown by the plunge into the heart of climate fever in the photographs of the South African artist Dillon Marsh. The reflection continues with the French artist Raphaël Guez whose NFT works explore the human trace in the middle of desert landscapes. Then, the desire of understand : French artist Mathilde Caylou shapes glass to reveal the climatic memory of the ice caps. French artist Capucine Vandebrouck immortalizes the memory of water, thus sacralizing the vital character of this element. Then comes the fulfilment of dreams: by giving colour to her scratched photographs, French artist Raphaële Péria summons the drama of coral bleaching. The Franco-Spanish artist Marie-Luce Nadal is fascinated by clouds capable of fertilising the Earth. But utopia gives birth to great ideas! The Ice Stupas project covered by the Slovenian photographer Ciril Jazbec bears witness to this, as does the poetic and political expedition of artists Lucy + Jorge Orta to Antarctica.
As a concluding act, the Chinese artists Hao Jingfang & Wang Lingjie reveal the movement of the sun through the burning of a piece of paper, reminding us that everything around us, visible or not, leaves its mark and deserves our consideration. A statement that resonates perfectly with the commitment of our partner NGO, Wild Legal, which works for the recognition of the rights of Nature.
*UN report "United for Sciences" published in September 2022
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