Group exhibition_Postglacial Landscapes
Organizer: Vijion Art GalleryDramatic changes to the cryosphere, the cold zone of the planet where water is frozen into ice or snow, reflect the unprecedented speed of global warming. This is demonstrated by the fact that the warmest years ever recorded have so far occurred in the new millennium.
The warning signs of our overheated planet are visible all around us: glaciers are disappearing before our eyes and shrinking to the lowest levels ever recorded. The melting polar ice caps are destabilising the Earth system by changing weather patterns and causing sea levels to rise. At the same time, it is contributing to climate change by releasing large amounts of carbon from the ancient vegetation trapped in the thawing permafrost.
In this context, glaciers and their geomorphological forms are considered climate witnesses and important objects of investigation for the reconstruction and understanding of climate change processes. They can be regarded as signals, key indicators and model variables for the climate system in the high mountains.
As climatologist Peter Wadhams warns in his book ‘Farewell to Ice’, ‘the summer Arctic sea ice does not have long to live’, and its disappearance will deprive the planet of its protection from solar radiation and the northern land masses of the cooling currents of ice-cold air.
Research into the late and post-glacial glacier fluctuations in the Alps of our time calls for an urgent phase of decision-making and action with regard to the global problem of the ‘anthropogenic greenhouse effect’. This acute phenomenon is more topical and explosive than ever.
The last ice age, which ended around 11,700 years ago, had a lasting impact on the European landscape. A post-glacial, hilly, forested ground moraine with numerous gullies, lakes and rivers was created. Only isolated remnants of the ice mass, which was once several thousand metres thick, remain in the Alps. However, climate change is also tugging at these glacial remnants and is visibly changing the Alpine landscape.
Against the background of these findings, climate change is viewed here as a global process that affects not only people worldwide, but also nature. The existence of flora and fauna is under threat and a radical rethink on the part of humans in shaping the earth is urgently required.
The destabilising effects of climate change on all aspects of life on our planet are prompting many artists to address the crisis using various artistic means. They try to capture the cascading effects and point out possible paths for ecological change.
What guides the artists gathered in the group exhibition ‘Postglacial Landscapes’ is a fervent concern for the living, breathing subject Earth and all other inhabitants of the planet who are caught up in this rapidly developing climate drama. Climate change is illustrated in particular by the example of glacier retreat.
Participating artists: Wilma Kammerer, Daniela Brugger, Erich Erler, Leonhard Angerer, Rudolf Emil Klöden, Silvia De Bastiani, Lukas Schäfer and Cesare Maggi
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Curator: Valentine Kostner
Introduction: Valentine Kostner
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Startdatum: 17.01.2025
Uhrzeit: 18:00
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