Facing the Climate Exhibition Catalogue

FACING THE CLIMATE The Facing the Climate exhibition series combines climate-themed cartoons by five Swedish artists, with the climate-related artworks of artists in host countries: in this case five South African cartoonists join five Swedish cartoonists in taking a sharp look at the climate issue, with the aim of encouraging discussion about the sustainable society and heightening awareness of current environmental problems. Facing the Climate has been staged in a number of international contexts, with exhibitions taking place during 2012 in Rio, Athens, Tirana, Tel Aviv and Novosibirsk amongst other cities around the world. The Facing the Climate exhibition in South Africa is curated by Ann-Marie Tully in association with the Swedish Embassy of South Africa. Facing the Climate is part of a concerted drive, conceptualised by the Swedish Institute, to promote critical sustainable development under the heading ‘Facing the Future – Sustainability the Swedish Way’. The impetus behind this began in December 2009 in relation to the Copenhagen Climate Conference, when a group of 25 Nordic newspaper cartoonists provided some amusing and alarming reflections on climate change. To illustrate Sweden’s active involvement in this area, the Swedish Institute developed the digital climate exhibition Facing the Climate in collaboration with the Swedish cartoonists/illustrators Magnus Bard, Helena Lindholm and Riber Hansson. For this exhibition, they are joined by Love Antell and Karin Sunvisson in commenting on the global climate dilemma. The South African cartoonists/illustrators involved in this project are Tony Grogan, Wilson Mgobhozi, Ree Treweek, Sifiso Yalo and Zapiro. ASSOCIATED ARTISTS: NIROXprojects and Ann-Marie Tully would like to thank artists Willem Boshoff and Hannelie Coetzee for participating and contributing work to the Facing the Climate exhibition.

Installation view with work by Zapiro on right | Facing the Climate | NIROXprojects | 2012

Installation view with Garden of Words I by Willem Boshoff (front) | Facing the Climate | NIROXprojects | 2012

Installation view with work by various artists | Facing the Climate | NIROXprojects | 2012

Ark | Digital Print | 40 x 30cm | Riber Hansson | Facing the Climate | NIROXprojects | 2012

WORKSHOPS The Facing the Climate exhibition at NIROXprojects is accompanied by two workshops: 1) Towards a Grass Roots Women’s Movement around Climate Justice and Sustainable Development: An initiative of GenderCC South Africa in partnership with OXFAM and the Swedish Embassy of South Africa, 2 November 2012: GenderCCSA and Oxfam will be hosting a one day dialogue session on the 2nd November with the aim of fostering a platform between government, business, academia and grassroots organizations, particularly rural women and small-scale farmers to engage with climate change concerns that are affecting women’s livelihoods. The workshop will address the following issues: climate change adaptation and the role of grassroots women; the role of grassroots women in climate change mitigation; and the roll out of renewable energy and energy efficiency initiatives; how climate change will affect small-scale farmers and sustainable agriculture for adaptation; climate finance and how it can benefit grassroots women to mitigate and adapt to impacts of climate change. If you are interested in attending this workshop please contact Mrs. Dorah Marema (GenderCC Southern Africa – Women for Climate Justice): Tel: +27 11 050 1343. Email: dorah@gendercc.net Web: www.gendercc.net 2) A cartooning workshop on the theme of ‘Facing the Climate’ will be held on 11 November 2012 from 12h30pm-15h30pm. The Facing the Climate cartoon workshop brings participants together with the South African cartoonists and the exhibition curator in an interactive event that considers and enacts the communicative and cathartic potential of cartoons. These simultaneously critical and humorous visual devices have the potential to bring viewers and makers into more intimate and comprehensible relations with the often titanic narratives of climate change. The Facing the Climate cartoon workshop is free, but booking is essential. Workshop bookings and all exhibition queries should be directed to Neil Nieuwoudt (neil.nieuwoudt@gmail.com) or Ann-Marie Tully (annmart76@yahoo.com). Facing the Climate opened its run at Michaelis Galleries on 28 September 2012 as part of the GIPCA Hot Water Symposium, before traveling to NIROXprojects in Johannesburg for exhibition from 28 October–19 November; culminating in a final exhibition at the Oliewenhuis Museum in Bloemfontein from 11 April–9 June 2013.

Oxfam and GenderCC South Africa worksop | Facing the Climate | NIROXprojects | 2012

Facing the Climate, South Africa, was curated by Ann-Marie Tully. For more information: https://www.dropbox.com/home#!/home/Public/Facing%20the%20Climate http://ann-marietully.blogspot.com/2012_10_01_archive.html http://www.si.se/English/Navigation/Current-projects/Facing-the-future/Facing-the-Future--Sustainability-the-Swedish-Way/Facingthe-Climate/ Catalogue design and layout: Neil Nieuwoudt www.niroxarts.com

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