The Climate Oxide project is now online. If you missed the exhibit in Amsterdam or simply want to see it again, here it is.
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Press Release – Climate Oxide
Title: Climate Oxide
Datum: 9 oktober 2012
Climate Oxide is a new visual art project, opening in Amsterdam on Friday, 19 October at the Kunstkerk, Prinseneiland, that uses photography, steel, and rust to interpret the corrosion of our environment.
A Nepali Buddhist temple powered by solar energy, the devastating impacts of tar sands mining in Canada, or the Delta works of Zeeland; the images and rust employed in Climate Oxide visually depict how a tarnished world could look like if we don’t change our ways. The exhibition is meant to raise awareness and to offer a cross-experience between art and activism.
Canadian born artist Robert van Waarden and Nepali born Shiva Rimal both share Dutch nationality. Drawing upon experiences from their individual backgrounds they provide a personalised perspective of global climate issues for their audience.
The technique of combining rust and photography can be seen in this ‘making of’ video.
Exhibit Opening: Friday 19 October, 20:00
Where: Kunstkerk, Prinseneiland 89, 1013 LM, Amsterdam
Exhibit Dates: Friday, 19 October to Sunday, 28 October
Hours: Tuesdays to Sundays, 10:00 to 18:00 (closed Mondays)
Special event: Sunday, 28 October from 14:00 to 17:00.
A panel of invited guests will share their thoughts on design, photography and the environment. Guests include; David Harry from Het Beste Idee van Nederland and the International Innovation Company, Mark Smit from the sustainability policy development team at the Hogeschool Rotterdam, and Iris Cheng, climate campaigner from Greenpeace International.
Robert and Shiva are available for interviews or comments:
For more information about the Artists:
www.vanwaardenphoto.com
www.shivarimal.com
Buddha and Climate Oxide
Most recent work in progress from upcoming Climate Oxide Exhibit.
Opening: Oct. 19, 2012, 20:00 Kunstkerk, Amsterdam
Climate Oxide Video – The Making Of
I am very happy to share this video we have created on the making of the Climate Oxide project. Climate Oxide is a collaborative art project with artist Shiva Rimal. Together we use photography, rust and industrial design to create large pieces of visual art on the subject of climate change. The official opening of the exhibit is on October 19, 2012 at 20:00 at the Kunstkerk (PrinsenEiland 89) in Amsterdam, come by and join us.
Climate Oxide – Trailer from Robert van Waarden on Vimeo.
Climate Oxide – New Images
A couple of images from Shiva’s Studio on our developing Climate Oxide project. Opening is set for October 19 in Amsterdam, send me an email if you want to be on the Guest List.
Climate Oxide Update
Climate Oxide project being worked on in the atelier.
Climate Oxide in Belgian Art Journal
An article about our current art project Climate Oxide has appeared in the Belgian Art Journal: Collect / Kunst & Antiek Journaal.
Kunst & Antiek Journaal/Collect is a monthly journal that informs its’ readers about art and antiques. The Journaal is a must for the collecter and also for those interested in art antiques. Stay tuned for more as we continue to develop this work.
Climate Oxide project acknowledged in Dutch Newspaper
The project I am working on with Dutch/Nepali artist Shiva Rimal, Climate Oxide, was recently mentioned in Weesper Nieuws (a local dutch newspaper). This project is a focus on climate change and identity in Nepal, Canada and the Netherlands. Marieke van Veen wrote a beautiful story on Climate Oxide & Shiva Rimal in a page long interview. This interview is in Dutch, for those interested, click on the image below or click here to go to the pdf file to read the full story.
Up Up and Away – Nepal
Tommorrow I leave for Nepal.
Nepali/Dutch artist Shiva Rimal and I are off to work on our collaborative art project Climate Oxide. It is a documentation of climate change impacts around the world using photography, steel and rust. We will visit various climate adaptation projects, trek in the Himalayas and take part in the Moving Planet action in Kathmandu on September 24.
About the Project
Robert van Waarden and Shiva Rimal create items of visual art using the mediums of photography, steel, and rust. Their current project, Climate Oxide, uses this art form to symbolize how climate change is impacting our world. Reflecting on their heritage, Nepali and Canadian born artists with Dutch nationality, they will personalize the climate issue to the viewer by visualizing the impacts on their individual environments.
The combination of this aesthetic art form and story is unique and is interesting for a wide audience. Publications and galleries/outlets are invited to contact the artists for more information and to explore opportunities to display the resulting body of work.
Stay tuned for more. I will return in the first week of October.