Under Her Eye

UNDER HER EYE
International summit programme / funded invitation (public event with presentations). 2018
Invisible Dust | British Library

Under Her Eye – Women + Climate Change

“Under Her Eye comprised of a high-profile Summit hosted at the British Library Conference Centre, followed by a festival of public art installations and workshops across King’s Cross (Saturday 2nd June) that invited the public to consider and experience climate change through the lens of AIR, LAND and SEA.”

“Under Her Eye is a biannual international arts-science summit and arts festival curated by Invisible Dust. 2018 saw the first Under Her Eye, which chimed with the 2018 Suffrage Centenary. Under Her Eye 2018 brought together a wide range of pioneering women working globally to tackle the environmental challenge of our age through art, science, technology, finance, health, activism, leadership and policy – united by the power of the arts to tell these stories, spark conversations and inspire change.”

“The summit was headlined by Booker-prize winning author Margaret Atwood and previous Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC Christiana Figueres. The event saw an array of international speakers including Caroline Lucas MP, Co-Leader UK Green Party; Hakima El Haité, Moroccan Minister for the Environment and COP22 Host; Maaike Van Min, former Head of Strategy and Development, Marie Stopes; Dr Erinma Ochu, Lecturer in Science Communication and Future Media, University of Salford; Mariele Neudecker, Professor and Research Fellow at Bath Spa University, Fellow for CERN’s Visiting Artists Program and on the European Commission’s JRC SciArt advisory panel; Laura Tenenbaum, former Senior Science Editor, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab; Gayle Chong Kwan, Under Her Eye commissioned artist; Jessica Ground, Global Head of Stewardship, Schroders; Alison Tickell, Director Julie’s Bicycle; Mel Evans, Artwash author and former Head of Art at Greenpeace; Kate Raworth, Doughnut Economics author and Renegade Economist and Maria Adebowale Schwarte, Director Living Space Project, and author of The Placemaking Factor.”

“This isn’t climate change; it’s EVERYTHING change.”
– Margaret Atwood

“Invisible Dust is a commissioning organisation that works with leading artists and scientists to produce new and exciting works of contemporary art exploring our environment. Founded in 2009 by Director and Curator Alice Sharp, our mission is to create powerful artworks and engagement programmes that spark meaningful national conversations on pressing environmental issues. The Under Her Eye programme will enable participants, delegates and the public alike to benefit from our nine years of interdisciplinary working between art and science, working with scientists from Oxford University and King’s College London amongst many others.”

Director and curator:
Alice Sharp

Keynote speakers:
Christiana Figueres in conversation with Swaha Pattanaik
Margaret Atwood in conversation with Samira Ahmed

Funded by:

Links:
Link to Invisible Dust Under Her Eye page
Link to videos of the Under Her Eye opening plenary and keynote sessions
Link to short video introducing Under Her Eye

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WORK

Lunch at the Summit: High Ground – collaborative performance lecture

“Reporting from the field, artists Luce Choules and Laura Harrington will guide participants through the geomorphology of the North Pennine and French Alpine regions.”

Exerpt from Choules’ script: