Bridging Voices on Climate Change
Tower, an interdisciplinary video installation, highlights accounts of climate change gathered through interviews with people of multilingual backgrounds. To overcome the vicissitudes of linguistic and cultural differences Tower seeks to unify people to achieve a common goal of protecting nature. The project combines a welded steel sculpture, video, archiving and community participation.
Quotes:
”Thank you for giving me the opportunity to convey my voice to the world, especially in my mother tongue (Assyrian). Being an Assyrian woman I am very proud to speak my mother tongue.” – N, Iraq
“I’m so honored to be part of your project. It’s a privilege to share my story, be one of the voices of any individual who has experienced the effects of climate change and its impacts on society, community and our safety. I hope my story helps.” – J, Philippines
Materials: steel, concrete, plastic, video
Dimensions: 3.3′ x 3.3′ x 13.5′
English transcribed interviews
Tower project is available for commissions. Please contact.
Developed with support from The Amsterdam Collective Casa de Cultura, Bearnstow Artist Retreat, Catwalk Institute and NYU, Flatbush Nostrand Junction Business Improvement District, The Immigrant Artist Biennial, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, Jill Krutick Fine Art, King Manor Museum, Laajasalon opisto (a language school), New Dance Alliance, Pratt Institute, RaumArs AiR, Rauman Seudun Työnhakijat (employment services for immigrants,) Tohmajärvi Residency and Xenia Creative Retreat
Built at the Tech Valley Center of Gravity, Troy, NY
Funding made possible by ArtsWestchester, The Puffin Foundation and Finlandia Foundation National
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Directed by SN
Distributor: AV-Arkki, the Centre for Finnish Media Art
Filmed at Catwalk Institute, Catskill, NY
Tower project in panel discussions addressing environmentalism and social engagement
A panel discussion “Art x Climate Activism” as part of State of the Arts Night by the Delegation of European Union to the US at Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC, 2023. Supported by The Embassy of Finland in Washington DC. More information on State of the Arts Night
Sari Nordman 