Exceeding 2°C, 2007/2014

Still Life: Art, Ecology and the Politics of change,

Sharjah Biennial 8, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2007

7 000 000 000, EACC, Castellon, Spain, 2014

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31 January - 27 April, 2014

The climate inside the Sharjah Art Museum is controlled by an air-conditioning system. By raising the temperature by 2°C in the entire museum for the duration of the Biennial “Still Life: Art, Ecology and the Politics of Change”, less energy will be consumed. Using an approximation of the amount of money thereby saved on electricity, a rainforest area in Ecuador has been purchased through the environmental organisation Nepenthes.

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For the exhibition “7 000 000 000,” at the EACC, the temperature of the exhibition space has been lowered by 2°C for the duration of the exhibition. The money saved on heating costs has been used to purchase an area of Ecuadorian rainforest through the NGO Accionatura.  

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Courtesy the artist and Galerie Johann König, Berlin