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Events - Justin Brice Guariglia

We Are the Asteroid: Art and the Ecological Crisis

Justin Brice Guariglia

As the world searches for ways to continue to work together to address the climate crisis of the Anthropocene, it is evident that deep care lies at the heart of real action and is critical when enacting social change. Art has a powerful ability to communicate this kind of care and urgency through the fog of divisive and dismissive dialogue, so when the question is asked, “Can art help change the world?”, Guarigla argues, the answer is a resounding, “YES”.

Wednesday, November 13, 2019 ~ 7:00p.m. ~ Lang Hall Auditorium

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Readings and Resources - Justin Brice Guariglia

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Earth Works: Mapping the Anthropocene at NHM
USC Fisher Museum of Art proudly announces a timely exhibition that depicts how humans are directly and indirectly impacting the planet. Through art, experience a new age - the Anthropocene Epoch, the period during which human activities have had a direct environmental impact on the Earth, from the far reaches of the atmosphere to the lowest depths of the ocean. This exhibition features 24 works by Justin Brice Guariglia which explore this geological age we’re living in.
THIS ARTIST’S NEW LANDSCAPE STUDIES ARE OF MELTING GLACIERS
From The Verge: Description and review of "Earth Works: Mapping the Anthropocene"
Climate Signals
Climate Signals was a citywide outdoor installation by artist Justin Brice Guariglia. The exhibition consisted of ten solar-powered highway signs flashing text to draw passers-by into the climate conversation. Climate Signals was presented by the Climate Museum in partnership with the Mayor’s Office — Climate Policy and Programs, and it ran from September 1 - November 6.
Mare Nostrum
58th Venice Biennale, Official Collateral Event

Articles about Guariglia and his work:

Using Art To Address The Climate Change Crisis
Interview with Justin Brice Guariglia.
Justin Brice Guariglia gave up photojournalism to pursue environmental activism a few years ago. Today, he is most well known for his large scale photographic, sculptural and installation-based works inspired by the relationship between the earth and humans. He uses art to try and get his point across that humans are having a negative impact on the planet.
Justin Brice Guariglia’s Powerful Photos of Melting Glaciers
From Galerie Magazine: In the studio with the first artist to join a NASA mission
Ask a Scientist: How to Deal with a Climate-Change Skeptic
From the New Yorker: The “Ask a Scientist” event gives curious passerby the chance to pose their climate-related questions to scientists stationed around New York City.
A Man on an Eco-Mission in Mixed Media
From the New York Times.
We Are the Asteroid
From Storm King Art Center: Justin Brice Guariglia’s We Are the Asteroid employs a highway message sign to bring attention to how anthropocentric, or human-centered, attitudes have allowed for unsustainable systems that contribute to climate change. The artist generated the slogan for this work with eco-critic and professor Timothy Morton. Guariglia’s sign both warns of the destructive behaviors that have caused environmental degradation in the contemporary era and reminds the viewer that human beings are part of a larger ecosystem—even the universe.
Artist Teams Up with NASA on Climate Education
From Yale Climate Connections: Justin Brice Guariglia is the first artist to join a NASA climate science mission.