Project Pressure is a charity with an ecological and climate focus. It was founded in 2008.[1][2][3] They’ve conducted expeditions and made scientific artworks.[4][5][6] In 2019 they created Voices For The Future, an art piece displayed at the UN building in New York City.[7]
History
editProject Pressure was founded by Danish explorer and photographer Klaus Thymann in 2008. Since then[8][9] they’ve also focused on humanitarian issues.[10]
Ongoing
editIn 2015 The Guardian cited a book titled ‘’’ This Changes Everything’’’ that contrasted a sense of helplessness compared to small amounts of “behavioral changes” that cumulatively make a difference. [11]
Additionally, Project Pressure functions as a content provider for existing partners, communicating on multiple platforms. This includes well-established relationships with progressive governments, museums and cultural organizations, the global mass media, and other public bodies and grassroots organizations such as Fridays For Future.[12]
Participants
edit• Corey Arnold Photographer and fisherman Corey Arnold travelled around the Arctic Archipelago of Svalbard aboard the Polish supply ship Horyzont. Arnold's long periods at sea are evident in his work as it reflects on the interconnectivity between the natural world, the sea, and tidal glaciers. [13]
• Michael Benson Michael Benson's work is focused on the intersection of art and science. He uses a variety of image-processing techniques to create composite images from raw data from planetary science archives.
• Scott Conarroe Scott Conarroe's large format photos evoke romantic pictorial traditions while placing the landscape into a contemporary context. Conarroe studies the boundaries devised by Alpine nations, where borderlines are defined by glaciers. His work questions of territorial claim and geopolitical consequences.[14]
• Noémie Goudal
Noémie Goudal constructed a large-scale photographic installation printed on biodegradable paper that disintegrates when exposed to water. As the image dissolves, the artificial landscape can be viewed against its natural form, functioning as a reminder of the instability of the seemingly stable as well as a visualization of the accelerating transformations in nature.[15]
• Norfolk and Thymann
Simon Norfolk and Klaus Thymann address financial issues as driving forces behind human adaptation to the changing climate. The title, "Shroud", refers to the melting glacier under its death cloak. In addition, a thermal image time-lapse film was created, showing how glaciers compare to the surrounding landscape by only reacting to long-term temperature changes, as opposed to weather fluctuations. The project was featured in New Scientist[16] and the Los Angeles Times.[17]
Meltdown
editIn 2018, the first chapter of expeditions and content was completed. The work was gathered into the exhibition Meltdown – Visualizing Climate Change, which premiered at the Natural History Museum, Vienna in 2019.[18] Meltdown is a travelling exhibition with interactive features. The target audience is younger people in education and the general public. During the first year of launch (until the COVID-19 pandemic), the venues attracted over 1.5 million visitors. Meltdown is to be shown at Jacopic Gallery,[19] Ljubljana from January to May 2022.[needs update]
As an example of the exhibition's interactive features, Project Pressure developed a carbon footprint calculator to encourage audience engagement.[20] To learn how carbon-intense their lifestyle is, users answer a series of questions to get an estimate as well as recommendations for improvements to make in areas such as home, transport, energy, food, and Internet usage.
Voices For The Future
editIn 2019, Project Pressure was responsible for Voices For The Future, an art piece projected and transmitted on the UN building in New York in the lead up to the UN Climate Action Summit. Voices For The Future showcased the voices of six young activists, including Greta Thunberg, commenting on the climate crisis and the urgent actions that need to be taken to minimize its consequences. The art piece was visualised by Joseph Michael, authored by Klaus Thymann, and soundtracked by musician and artist Brian Eno.[7][21]
References
edit- ^ "PROJECT PRESSURE ARCHIVE - Charity 1156895". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk.
- ^ "Vanishing Glaciers by Project Pressure - in pictures". The Guardian. March 28, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2024 – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "Project Pressure- Edward Burtynsky, Simon Norfolk, Peter Funch, Noémie Goudal, Klaus Thymann". Landskrona Foto.
- ^ "Meltdown: the urgent art of our disappearing glaciers". The Guardian. November 10, 2019. Meltdown has previously been shown at the Horniman Museum in London
- ^ "Meltdown: Visualizing Climate Change premieres in the UK at the Horniman this winter". Horniman Museum and Gardens.
- ^ "Home » WHIRINAKI WHARE TAONGA". www.expressions.org.nz.
- ^ a b "Voices for the Future: climate activism lights up the UN – in pictures". The Guardian. September 20, 2019.
- ^ "International: Project Pressure". lighthouse-foundation.org.
- ^ Merzdorf, Jessica (November 3, 2020). "The Anatomy of Glacial Ice Loss". NASA.
- ^ "Rapid retreat of glaciers leading world towards 'humanitarian crisis', says top scientist". The Independent. April 27, 2021.
- ^ Sean O’Hagan (November 10, 2019). "Meltdown: chilling proof of global heating". The Guardian. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
- ^ "Hasselblad X Project Pressure". www.hasselblad.com.
- ^ "Vanishing Glaciers by Project Pressure - in pictures". The Guardian. March 28, 2018.
- ^ "New Acquisition: Scott Conarroe | National Gallery of Canada".
- ^ "Rhône glacier installation by Noémie Goudal – in pictures". The Guardian. May 2, 2017.
- ^ "Photography: Heating up the climate campaign".
- ^ "Review: Simon Norfolk's traumatic photos capture a Swiss glacier on life support". Los Angeles Times. April 29, 2019.
- ^ "Naturhistorisches Museum Wien - Exhibition detail".
- ^ "Jakopič Gallery • MGML".
- ^ "Climate Hero English (Project Pressure)".
- ^ "Voices for the Future: Climate activism lights up the UN – in pictures". The Guardian. September 20, 2019.