
Opening Saturday October 24th 2020
Science & Art Exhibition
Opening Hours
Sunday Oct 25 through Friday Nov 6 2020
Mon – Sat: 10am – 10pm
Sun: 1pm – 9pm
Location
St. Anna-Chapel
St. Annagasse 11
8001 Zurich
Discover DEAR 2050
“Humans Respond to Climate Change”
The
Slams
Participate and share your knowledge and experience on climate change with us!
The Plenaries
Our plenary sessions create a space for challenging questions and inspiring answers at the intersection of art and science.
The Exhibition
Young scientists and international artists created exclusive and surprising insight on climate change for this year’s call “Human Responses to Climate Change”.
Programme
Plenaries & Slam Night
Note: All plenaries from Oct 25 to Nov 5 will be streamed live here and will be made accessible in our online library.
Oct 24
Opening Night
Join us for the opening night and vernissage of the first DEAR2050 exhibition and celebrate with us! With Apéro and music by Francesco Braggio and Sara Franchini.
6pm – 11pm
Oct 25
Tribute to Konrad Steffen: the Arctic and Climate Change
Prof. Jason Box, Glaciologist, Geological Survey Denmark
Prof. Thomas Stocker, Climatologist, University of Bern
Diane Burko, Artist and Activist, Philadelphia USA
The talk will be held in English.
5pm – 7pm
Oct 27
We pollute, thus we are!?
Dr. Kathleen A. Mar, Climate Scientist, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS)
Claudia Schildknecht, Artist, Biotop der Relevanz
Marie-Claire Graf, Swiss Youth for Climate
Martina Rapp, Swiss Youth for Climate
Main language: English
7pm – 9pm
Oct 29
Upstream into the future: about restoration, community, and traditional knowledge
Prof. Tero Mustonen, Wetland Restoration Finland
Chantal Bilodeau, The Arctic Cycle
Dr. Matthew Skjonsberg, Future Cities Laboratory, ETHZ
Main language: English
7pm – 9pm
Oct 30
How extreme can it be? Rebels asking for the storm.
Chris Wilmott, Artist
Jakob Winkler, Illustrator
Prof. Friederike Otto, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
Prof. Irmi Seidl, Economics and Social Sciences, WSL and ETHZ
Main language: English
7pm – 9pm
Oct 31
What if we used our power? Courage is as contagious as fear.
Fernando Aranda, Painter
Paribesh Pradhan, The Great Himalaya Trail
Bea Albermann, Swiss Youth for Climate
Main language: English
7pm – 9pm
Nov 1
Forests for future
Prof. Charlotte Grossiord, WSL and EPFL
Jon Pardo, Journalist and Photographer
Dr. Franziska Elmer, Marine biologist
Main language: English
5pm – 7pm
Nov 3
Virtual Tour on Zoom
How did algae end up in the Sahara? What hides behind the fences of greenhouses in Almeria? What is this abstract painting about? Does it show trees or a world map? What are the responses to Climate Change?
Get a behind the scene look into the world of DEAR2050. With curator Bettina Rohr and climate scientist Michel Bourqui.
Tour in English. Please sign up at dear2050@climanosco.org
The tour in German takes place at 7pm, Tuesday Nov 3.
8.30pm – 9.30pm
Nov 5
Creatively responsible or responsibly creative?
Dr. Friederike Rass, Project Lead St. Anna Forum
Marcel Bernet, Sculptor
Sige Nagel, Artist
Main language: German
7pm – 9pm
Nov 6
Virtual Tour with the Artists
On our closing night, we’ll meet all the artists that contributed to DEAR2050 virtually and hand over the prizes of the open call. Join us on Zoom!
Please sign up on dear2050@climanosco.org>
8pm – 9.30pm
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