Forum UNESCO : art contemporain et développement durable
Juin 2004 actes du forum, UNESCO Paris |
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Gaële Braun, (France) Thèmes / Issues : Global and environmental challenges, issues related to modern patterns of consumption |
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Travail / Work “Since the Rencontres à domicile” (Home encounters) project in La Courneuve (in the greater Paris Area), the focus of my work has been the exterior (…) Today my interest in the exterior is taking the form of broader problems, such as the distribution of water resources, pollution, the growing pile of waste and garbage n the urban landscape, and the general deterioration of our environment day by day. Œuvre(s) / Example(s) of work Les monstres en ville : (giant instrument for measuring waste sorting, 2003) During Spring Environment & Awareness Week )April 22-26, 2003), a visual and didactic installation, whose aim was to make both visible and measurable the quantity of waste produced by the commune of La Courneuve over the five-day period in question = 67m3 Publics visés / Target audience Objectif / Aim Faire prendre conscience et dénoncer une situation. Proposer des alternatives, des nouvelles valeurs Call attention to and condemn a situation. Recommend alternatives, promote new values Collaboration tripartite artistes-ONG-entreprise? / Tripartite collaboration between artists, NGO and big business? Yes. Sectors: patterns of consumption and parity in developed countries. |
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