Ger­many: ART­PORT_­mak­ing waves

ART­PORT_­mak­ing waves is an in­ter­na­tional cur­at­orial col­lect­ive fo­cus­ing on art pro­jects that ex­plore cli­mate change and sus­tain­ab­il­ity. Es­tab­lished in 2006, ART­PORT_­mak­ing waves has or­gan­ized nu­mer­ous in­nov­at­ive art and cul­tural pro­jects that pro­mote tol­er­ance, sus­tain­able de­vel­op­ment, and the com­mon good. The aim is to raise aware­ness of so­cially rel­ev­ant is­sues and to stim­u­late pub­lic dis­cus­sion for pos­it­ive change.

UN­ESCO and the UN Gen­eral As­sembly de­clare the period 2021 to 2030 the UN Dec­ade of Ocean­o­graphy. The pro­ject WE ARE OCEAN aims to make an artistic con­tri­bu­tion to the pre­par­at­ory phase of this dec­ade. To this end, the In­ter­na­tional Ocean­o­graphic Com­mis­sion (IOC-UN­ESCO), IASS Pots­dam, the Al­fred We­gener In­sti­tute and many other sci­entific act­ors are co­oper­at­ing in or­der to think with school­chil­dren, artists and politi­cians about not only the­or­et­ical, but also prac­tical im­prove­ments for the world's oceans.

Un­for­tu­nately already over since Decem­ber 2019!

From Septem­ber 2019 the pro­ject will stop over in Ber­lin, Venice and Mar­seille. The pro­gram in Ber­lin in­cludes work­shops, panel dis­cus­sions and in­ter­act­ive activ­it­ies at schools.

Au­gust-Septem­ber:
School work­shops with the artist Lisa Rave and the sci­ent­ist Oscar Schmidt and the cur­at­ors Ju­lia Mor­itz and Anne-Marie Mel­ster took place in dif­fer­ent schools. In ad­di­tion, an in­ter­act­ive in­ter­ven­tion with schools on mar­ine health and cit­izen ac­tions.

Oc­to­ber:
Panel dis­cus­sion "WE ARE OCEAN: Can art mo­bil­ize a young audi­ence for mar­ine pro­tec­tion?" with in­ter­na­tional sci­ent­ists.
In­ter­act­ive in­ter­ven­tions with schools and dis­cus­sion op­por­tun­it­ies and film screen­ings.

Decem­ber:
Work­shop and film present­a­tion "What sig­ni­fic­ance does the ocean have for people in Ber­lin? To­gether with sci­ent­ists, artists, cul­tural work­ers and school­chil­dren, the vis­it­ors enter into a dis­cus­sion about the pos­sib­il­it­ies of cli­mate pro­tec­tion for our oceans.