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REWIND: Racism and Climate / Climate Change Through the Artist’s Eyes

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Climate One

News, News Commentary, Science, Earth Sciences, Social Sciences

4.7583 Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In this program, we revisit two Climate One programs from earlier in the year. First, events of the past year, including the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other Black citizens by police, have shone a glaring spotlight on the racism embedded in every aspect of American society. How can we amplify and advocate for leaders of color in the fight against climate change? Can art help us process our changing climate? The story of climate change is typically told in the language of facts and figures, graphs and charts. But through dance, music, sculpture and other media, artists can reach people on a deeper and more emotional level, designing cultural moments that can bring us together - and bring us to tears. Choreographer Alonzo King sees the union of art and science as the perfect balancing act. “There is nothing that exists that you can create that does not have science -- it's impossible,” says King. “There's nothing that doesn't have music. It's impossible.” Visit climateone.org/watch-and-listen/podcasts for more information on today's episode. Guests: Part 1 Mustafa Santiago Ali, Vice President of Environmental Justice, Climate, and Community Revitalization, National Wildlife Federation Glynda Carr, CEO and Co-Founder, Higher Heights for America Robert Bullard, Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy, Texas Southern University This program was first broadcast on July 3, 2020. Guests: Part 2 Alonzo King, Choreographer and Founder, LINES Ballet Nora Lawrence, Senior Curator, Storm King Art Center Additional Speaker: Adam Schoenberg, Composer This program was generously underwritten by the Sidney E. Frank Foundation and was first broadcast on August 28, 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:31.2

Racial injustice, climate disruption and COVID-19. How can art help us process these turbulent times? Climate One conversations

0:40.1

feature all aspects of the climate emergency, the individual and the systemic, the exciting,

0:45.1

and the scary. I'm Greg Dalton. The story of climate change is typically told in the language of facts and figures, graphs, and charts.

0:57.0

A choreographer Alonzo King sees no distinction between logic and feeling.

1:02.0

There is nothing that exists that you can create that does not have science.

1:07.0

It's impossible. There's nothing that doesn't have music. It's impossible.

1:12.1

Through dance, music, sculpture, and other media,

1:15.0

artists can reach people on a deeper and more emotional level,

1:18.2

designing cultural moments that can bring us together and bring us to tears.

1:22.6

If I'm writing a study about climate change,

1:25.9

I'm going to give you some data and some graphs and it's going to

1:28.8

be rather dry. I'm not going to cry, but I might if I'm giving you a work of art about climate

1:34.8

change. Nora Lawrence is senior curator for Storm King Art Center outside New York City.

1:40.6

I spoke with her and Alonzo King earlier this year about the ways that Art can speak to us

1:45.0

about climate change. We'll hear that conversation later in the program. But first, events of the

1:50.2

past year, including the murders of George Floyd, Brianna Taylor, and other black citizens

1:54.7

by police, have shown a glaring spotlight on the racism embedded in every aspect of American

1:59.7

society. Environmental efforts are no

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