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Impact Tracking Database: Submission #465
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Submission Number: 465
Submission ID: 55543
Submission UUID: 13e56559-8274-4b79-b46c-4348dcf723e4
Submission URI: /impact-tracking
Created: Tue, 09/11/2021
Completed: Tue, 09/11/2021
Changed: Fri, 19/08/2022
Remote IP address: 10.208.1.102
Submitted by: bcurley1012
Language: English
Is draft: No
Webform: Impact Tracking Database
Submitted to: Impact Tracking Database
The Artwork of Julie Sperling, Canadian Mosaic Artist and Environment Policy Analyst, is an Emotional Response to Key IPBES Assessment Findings and is a Call to Action for Transformative Change
English
In a blog post Julie Sperling, Canadian mosaic artist and policy analyst with Environment and Climate Change Canada, cites key findings from IPBES Global Assessment, and makes personal and intimate the loss of global biodiversity through her art. Her loon explosion, titled ”In The Red”, showcasing the quintessentially Canadian loon, is meant to echo the idea of “annihilation”. The title is a nod to the International Union for Concerned Scientists’ "Red List" of Threatened Species, while the loon is hemmed in by concrete, which is an allusion to the rampant habitat destruction that’s fueling the current biological annihilation. Her art is a call to action: "So look into that loon’s eyes, harness the uneasiness, sadness, loss, guilt, rage, or whatever else you might feel, and channel it. I’ll be right there with you, fighting for our existence".
Expressive arts
Website
Global assessment (1st work programme)
2021-05-12
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