LASER ZURICH

Exhibition: AIR_Waste_Health_Water_Energy_Soil

In the context of the exhibition with 35 participating artists; art and science tours & LASER Livestreamed discussions will be hosted by curators Jill Scott LASER Zurich Chair (University of Zurich) and Silvie Cuperus, Head of Life Science Zurich.

Special guests to be announced soon.

When: Sunday, 20th June 2021, 15:45pm CET (UTC+1) Find your timezone!

Access via ZOOM, the link will be provided upon registration.

Where: Live event, guided tours with two streamed discussions

Venue: GLEIS70, Hermetschloostrasse 70, 8048 Zürich

To register for the scientists tours please see Life Science Zurich

Websites:

LASER Zurich www.laserzurich.com

Life Science Zurich https://www.lifescience-zurich.uzh.ch/de.html

Gleis 70 https://gleis70.ch

AIR_Waste_Health_Water_Energy_Soil

The words in the title: "Air_Waste_Health_Water_Energy_Soil" form the themes for our art exhibition in platform 70, to which we cordially invite you to see and hear. Today, the state of our earth, climate, air, waste, health, water, energy and soil are major problems that need our attention. The air is becoming more and more polluted, our energy consumption is growing rapidly, our waste threatens our health, toxins are increasingly being dissolved in the water and soil, many species are dying, life on earth is threatened by climate change. With this exhibition, 36 artists from our Gleis 70 Artists cooperative respond to an open call to participate in this thematic exhibition with artworks, organized events and guided tours for scientists.  The artists have contributed art that deals with environmental issues and has deep reflections about our natural systems. The aim is to exchange new visual forms of expression and artistic perspectives on the urgent questions of our time and to make these externally visible to the public. The result is an art exhibition with installations, photographs, paintings, sculptures, performances, a reading, films and conceptual ideas. on the topics of climate change, human health, recycling, biodiversity, environmental justice, biomimicry, sustainability and regeneration. Each artist has written a text to describe his or her work and its relationship to the topic. It is precisely these many, very different attitudes and artistic forms of expression that make this exhibition unique. We believe that this exhibition utilizes poetry, humor, color, experiences and interactions to inspire visitors to rethink their own ecological actions. We hope it can contribute to a more environmentally conscious future and more sustainable action. This exhibition offers events and guided tours of the exhibition with the life-scientists and the artists.

Welcome! Barbara Bietenholz, Marille Hahne,Dorothea Rust, Julie Schroell and Jill Scott

We would like to thank the following sponsors for their interest and generous support: Genossenschaft Gleis 70, FTK Filmtechnikerkollektiv, Leuchtturm, Life Science Zurich, University of Zurich and Tamnan Siam Thai.

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