If Star Wars was made by environmentalists

If Star Wars were made by environmentalists is a clip from the film END:CIV, based on the book Endgame, by Derrick Jensen. It is at once a parody of the Star Wars film, brilliant satire, and a take down of environmentalist groups, who don’t quite understand the...
Insatiable

Insatiable

“Industrial civilization is not and can never be sustainable. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that any way of life that is based on non-renewable resources won’t last.” — Derrick Jensen Insatiable is a painting by artists...
Ocean life in sculpture

Ocean life in sculpture

Yesterday, I went to see David Eisenhour’s SWARM installation at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art. Bronze jellyfish slowly swirl in the space created by the big window at the front of the museum, while a nearby wall is covered in limpets and barnacles....
ArtCOP21 Global Arts Festival

ArtCOP21 Global Arts Festival

ArtCOP21 officially launched yesterday – this is a global festival of the arts focusing on climate change, all across Paris, in the run up to the COP21 UN climate change talks to take place in late November. “Between now and December, over 250 public art...
Please don’t disappear

Please don’t disappear

The artist’s statement for this mixed media piece, “Snæfellsjökull Glacier – please don’t disappear!”, says it all: “Because of global warming, the Snæfellsjökull glacier, on one of the most beautiful mountains in Iceland, has...