APRIL 17, 2010
Taiwanse artist Deng Cheng-hong uses 3D illustrations to raise global
warming awareness
-- Art show in New York City features 3 works by pioneering climate
visionary from Taiwan
NEW YORK -- With the impact of global warming unfolding before our
eyes, more human beings could end up living in polar regions as they
might be the last places on the planet with tolerable temperatures. A
Taiwanese artist, Deng Cheng-hong, 41, has created a series of
three-dimensional illustrations portraying the idea of a possible
future world - "polar cities" or " sustainable polar retreats" (SPRs)
- to call the public's attention to the issue. Three of his
illustrations from the series are on exhibit now in New York City at
the Chashama Gallery at 112 West 44th Street.
The show opens on April 17 and runs for a month, according to Simon
Draper, the American curator of the show who invited Deng to show his
works there, marking the first time the Taiwanese artist has shown his
work overseas.
Simon, who also curates Habitat for Artists (HFA) in New York says
that HFA was initiated in 2007
and is a long-term collaborative initiative that addresses notions
about sustainability as a central component of an artist’s working
process. With this theme in mind, Deng was invited to show his works
from his ''polar cities'' series, which were inspired by the work of
UK scientist James Lovelock.
Deng is a visual designer living in Chiayi, southern Taiwan, is the
first person in the world to create these images on what the future
might look like for survivors of global warming in the year 2500. He
says that as global warming is an "inconvenient truth" that humans are
forced to face, and he hopes his illustrations can serve as a wake up
call.
"I hope this will give people a clearer idea of what polar cities
could be likeand get them to do something about global warming," said
Deng.
Writing in the British newspaper The Independent in January 2006,
Lovelock argued that as a result of global warming "billions of us
will die and the few breeding pairs of people that survive will be in
the Arctic where the climate remains tolerable" by the end of the 21st
century.
Deng told CNA in an interview two years ago (with CNA reporter Rachel
Chan) that his polar cities are designed to house humans in the
future, in the event that global warming causes the central and middle
regions of the Earth to become uninhabitable for a long period of
time.
Deng admits that his images are no more than a "what if" scenario, but
said he wanted to make people aware of the issue of global warming.
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THE VIEW FROM MY WINDOW (Really!)
http://pcofftherails101.blogspot.com/2010/01/view-from-my-window-on-january-10-2010.html
THE VIEW OF OUR FUTURE (Really!)
http://pcillu101.blogspot
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