An ongoing project which explores the impacts of climate change in Antarctica. I see climate change in a similar way to an illness that takes hold of your body. It starts silently, unnoticed. By the time it's deeply visible the entire ecosystem is in a cytokine storm almost impossible to control. Perhaps it starts underground after years and years of droughts draining the life out of the soil much like in Australia. Or perhaps the changing winds and warmer currents rot away the core of the glaciers. On February 6, 2020, weather stations recorded the hottest temperature on record for Antarctica. Thermometers at the Esperanza Base on the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula reached 18.3°C (64.9°F) The warm weather caused widespread melting on nearby glaciers. I imagine all the tiny snowflakes that had fallen over many lifetimes to build this masterpiece and all the life that depends on it. With the loss of sea ice, we face mass extinctions of wildlife and sea-level rise, which will ripple all across the globe.
Shoko Fukuda is a basket maker and Japanese artist who holds a Bachelor of Design from Kyoto University of Art and Design, and a Master’s degree from Osaka University of Art, where she focused on research in textile practice. Basket making is not only a tradition but also a contemporary art form. She has exhibited her work in Japan, Europe, and internationally for the past 10 years.
Shoko Fukuda is a basket maker and Japanese artist who holds a Bachelor of Design from Kyoto University of Art and Design, and a Master’s degree from Osaka University of Art, where she focused on research in textile practice. Basket making is not only a tradition but also a contemporary art form. She has exhibited her work in Japan, Europe, and internationally for the past 10 years. Images from Solo show “Crossed Helix” Gallery Brocken, in Tokyo, Japan Shoko Fukuda 1977年兵庫県生まれ。1999年早稲田大学卒業後、かごづくりを学びつつ京都芸術大学通信教育部、大阪芸術大学大学院で染織を専攻。2012年より大学の非常勤講師をするかたわら、国内外でバスケタリーの作品を発表しています。 4月16日(火)-4月21日(日) 個展“交差螺旋 Crossed Helix” 12：00 - 19：00 最終日17時まで ギャラリーブロッケン 東京都小金井市本町3-4-35
Yarra Bay Gamay Rangers, Robert Cooley
Michaela Skovranova / Mishku / Underwater photography
Humpback Whale Calf , Tonga Vava'u
Artist Profile Matt Chun, Bermagui, Yuin Country NSW Australia
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Writer Damien Cave his family play underwater at Bronte Beach, New South Wales Australia.
Bush to Bowl - Wilderness Society Images taken on traditional lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation.
NSW Bushfires December 2019 Barbara Barrett ( Barb) tends to a bushfire survivor koala named Baz
Antarctica underwater
Emma Shearman spearfishing off Manly Headland Sydney. Michaela Skovranova / The New York Times
Underwater Universe
