National Geographic Explorer Dr Sylvia Earle to launch exhibition at Ion Art Gallery
A body of work produced by some of the world’s best wildlife photographers and artists will reveal the magnificence of a white horizon, the charismatic icons of the polar north such as polar bears and seals, the brotherhood of walruses, birds of the northern sky and the hypnotic attraction of icebergs and glaciers. It is set to make its world premiere at the Ion Art Gallery in Singapore on 5 April 2017, Elysium Epic announced on its media release.
Through photography, painting, science, documentary, and music, Elysium Artists for the Arctic aims to generate a better understanding of human-induced climate change, and its effect on all life on earth.
Dr Sylvia Earle, who was named as Time Magazine’s first Hero of the Planet in 1998 said, “The poles are the climate engines of our world and changes at the poles have a huge impact on the rest of our climate system. More heat means more melt and more exposed ocean, and this positive feedback loop drives further warming of our world.”
“The poles are warming faster than anywhere else on Earth and our climate stability is quickly melting away along with the glaciers. The exhibition aims to provide an insight and a window to areas which are usually less travelled, and it is our hope that this raises the awareness of the challenge we have on our hands as custodians of the earth,” Dr Earle said.
Regarded by climatologists as one of the most enchanting and critically important ecosystem on our planet, the Arctic is not only fragile, but under severe threat from the warming of the world’s climate.
Elysium Artists for the Arctic began as an epic expedition in August 2015. An explorer team of the worlds’ most renowned and respected photographers, cinematographers, explorers, artists and scientists, spent three weeks travelling through Norway, Svalbard, Greenland and Iceland, in an effort to both qualify and quantify human-induced climate change in the Arctic.
Some of these explorers such as:
- Dr Sylvia Earle (Mission Blue, National Geographic Explorer: In-Residence)
- David Doubilet and Jennifer Hayes (National Geographic)
- Michael AW (Ocean Geographic)
- Dr Cabell Davis (Oceanographer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute)
The exhibition at the ION Art Gallery, Level 4, ION Orchard will be officially opened by Dr Sylvia Earle at 5pm on 5 April and will run till 16 April. Selected exhibits will also be on display at the Marina Mandarin Hotel Level 6 Gallery from 17 April to 6 May.
The highlight of the premiere of Elysium Artists for the Arctic in Singapore is the ‘Love in a Time of Climate Change’, a stage presentation by Sylvia Earle, Michael AW and several of the expedition members at Hall 4, Lido at Shaw House also on 5 April at 6pm.
ESSENTIALS
Elysium Artists for the Arctic Exhibition – A World Premiere, Singapore
Venue: ION ART Gallery, 4th level, Ion Orchard
Date: 5 to 16 April 2017 (Official Launch at 4pm on 5 April)
Entry: Free
Love in a Time of Climate Change a live stage presentation by Dr Sylvia Earle, Michael AW, and Alex Rose plus the premiere of the Elysium Arctic Symphony.
Venue: Hall 4, Lido Theatre, Shaw House
Date: 5 April, Reception at 6 pm
A limited edition book of the same title will be launched at the opening of the exhibition.
More info can be obtained at Ocean Geographic and Elysium Epic websites.
