Climate Change is Real
climate change
A colorful patchwork mural depicts changing weather patterns affecting the planet as factory smokestack releases emissions. A human eye and lightbulb perhaps encourage the viewer to notice what is happening and think about the future. A long tentacle curls around the smokestack, possibly representing nature overtaking industrialization. A bold caption proclaims "Climate Change is Real." In the Instagram post, @climateactionart explains, "Street art has so much power, not just because of scale, but also because of how many hands touch it, like this underlying mural enhanced by all the subsequent tags. Becomes something more dynamic over time."
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From Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B6q3giFJc4l/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@xrtwincities</a>, reposted by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B6rWGkPnO9D/?igshid=b5k9yq7rt3ys" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@climateactionart</a>
2019- 12-29
Olivia Wong/BAS
[unknown photographer]
Digital photograph
Still Image
UAM-ECO_0024
Williamsburg neighborhood, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Bottled Water
water scarcity & pollution
In this colorful and complex mural, an adult whale and baby whale are trapped in a gigantic water bottle. Curious onlookers take photos with their phones while uniformed officials appear to control the crowd. Meanwhile, a scientist in a white lab coat speaks to one of several industrial workers clad in construction helmets near a large pipeline coming from the bottle's spout. The public and industry workers are separated by a giant set of plastic can rings stretched across a small stream. Other than the stream, all water in this arid landscape is contained in the enormous bottle. The artist explained in his Instagram post that the work addresses "the rate of excessive consumption of natural resources and pollution with waste, specifically water as one of the most precious goods. A possible future scenario if we do not begin to correctly manage our passage through the planet. We must be able to guarantee the supply of water to future generations."
Delio
From artist's Instagram (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CMrpDcajBq4/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@deliorc</a>).
2021-03-21
Lao Lee/BAS
Created and photographed by the artist (deliorc@gmail.com).
Digital photograph
Still Image
UAM-ECO_0020
A Coruña, Spain
If Climate Were A Work of Art
Climate Change
According to the artist, this diptych spraypainted on utility boxes conveys "a strong message that we want a government that puts climate change on top of the agenda ✊. It is still treated as climate change will solve itself. But like the hourglass on the wrist of our painted figure: time is running out ⌛️!!" (cited from artist's <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CNzIUHfFZok/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Instagram post</a>).
Nanna de Jong
Sourced from the artist's April 18, 2021 <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CNzIUHfFZok/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Instagram</a> post.
Documented on 2021-04-18
Olivia Wong, BAS
Artwork created and documented on Instagram by Nanna de Jong (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/nanskipunanski/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@nanskipunanski</a>).
Digital photograph
Still Image
UAM-ECO_0008
Schildersbuurt, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
STOP Climate Change (Indigenous people)
climate change
This stop sign intervention in New York City depicts a trio of Indigenous people threatened by rising sea levels due to climate change. This is one of a series created by the anonymous street artist Stikman.
Stikman
This image was posted by Daniel Albanese on his Instagram (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CN8M7hTgxpa/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@dustyrebel</a>)
Documented 2021-04-21
BAS
Photographed by Daniel Albanese (<a href="danielalbanese.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">danielalbanese.net</a>).
Daniel Albanese was interviewed by the Sierra Club about his documentation of eco street art for the online <em>Sierra</em> magazine. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CN8M7hTgxpa/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">An Ecotour of Street Art: The Dusty Rebel Documents Environmental Protest Along the Streets of New York City</a>.
Digital photograph
Still Image
UAM-ECO_0006
New York, New York, USA
STOP Climate Change (Polar Bear)
climate change
This image of a modified STOP sign in an illustrated street is pasted on the exterior of a public phone kiosk in Brooklyn. In it a polar bear perches precariously above rising sea levels. According to the photographer, Luna Park, it was installed by Art in Ad Places.
Stikman
This image was photographed by Luna Park (@lunapark) and posted on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B9ZXjo1JM4-/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Instagram</a>.
Documented on Instagram 2020-03-06
BAS
Artwork by Stikman. Photographed by Luna Park.
Digital photograph
Still Image
UAM-ECO_0005
Brooklyn, New York, New York, USA
Too Late
climate change
This large mural of Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg appears on the side of a building in Bristol, England. It was painted in May, 2019 for Upfest, Europe's largest street art festival. Thunberg had received worldwide notoriety for her climate activism, including solo strikes that sparked the global youth #FridaysForFuture movement. In keeping with the ecologically responsible message of the piece, the artist explained on his Instagram that "65-70% of the wall was painted with water based paint with an electric spray gun powered by the Tobacco Factories solar cells. I used a minimum of conventional spray paint - around 25 full cans I’ve counted as this was a big consideration given the theme of the wall."
Jody Thomas
The artist, Jody Thomas, posted images and video of the mural in progress on his <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/ByHsriDhmiO/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Instagram</a> (@jody_artist). <br /><br />This image of the mural was sourced from the Flickr account of Andrew Gustar under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/legalcode" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Creative Commons 2.0 license</a>.<br /><br />The image received substantial media coverage. Here is an example from BBC: <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-bristol-48471558">Huge Greta Thunberg Mural Painted on Bristol Wall</a> (BBC, May 31, 2019)
Work completed 2019 -05-31
Photographed 2019-06-04
BAS
Mural by Jody Thomas (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.jodyart.co.uk/" rel="noreferrer noopener">JODYART</a>), photographed and posted on <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewgustar/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Flickr</a> by Andrew Gustar
Digital photograph
Still Image
UAM-ECO_0002
Bristol, England