Past Event: Oden Institute Event

Art and Activism

John Quigley, https://sites.utexas.edu/utvac/exploring-the-arctic-ocean/

Abstract

In 2014, Quigley was commissioned by Greenpeace to create an installation that would highlight the effects of the rapid melting of sea ice in the Arctic. Quigley used copper strips to lay the outlines of Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man on a large ice floe. In his presentation, Quigley will talk about this and other projects, and discuss the efficacy of activist art production. https://sites.utexas.edu/utvac/art-and-activism/ Presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Exploring the Arctic Ocean", https://sites.utexas.edu/utvac/exploring-the-arctic-ocean/.