Update! The people have spoken; we have have a winner. Presenting the nifty Tracing Emissions mobile (and a gallery of entries).
Photo courtesy spike55151 via FlickStory: In June I wrote about Burning Embers, an art and design competition that invited students to create illustrations that reflected the causes and effects of climate change. The idea was that we need more compelling imagery than the sometimes-drab, sometimes-confusing graphics in policy reports. Well, four intriguing finalists have been selected—a video, a photo essay, a set of “animal cards,” and a mobile (the last is my favorite).
Ji Lee, creative director of the Google Creative Lab, did the judging for the organizer, the non-profit Artist as Citizen. Commenters on the Dot Earth blog of New York Times science reporter Andy Revkin will vote for the winner. Revkin pitched the early idea for a climate art competition after reporting on the problematic “burning embers” graph in a 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.
Anyway, have a look at the four finalists—they’re all worthwhile. Then vote for a favorite at Dot Earth, if you’re into that sort of thing.
Thin Ice
M. Drennan, School of Visual Arts, M.F.A., Photography, 2009
Extinct
D. Kim, Parsons School of Design, B.F.A., Communication Design, 2009
Tracing Emissions
T. Holliday, S. Reagin, Pratt Institute, both M.F.A., 2011
Climate Change
M. Shapiro, New York University, B.F.A. Film, 2011:
Climate Change from ArtistAsCitizen on Vimeo.
