EcoArt Exhibit at Malibu Lumber Yard During the Arts Festival

As a part of the mission for raising awareness and thus creating change- Malibu Lumber Yard Gallery is pleased to present "ECO CONSCIOUS ART FOR LIVING exhibit of juried artworks that inspire though

ECO- CONSCIOUS ART FOR LIVING 

Goals are to promote and support the vital role which art and creation play in raising awareness, supporting concrete solutions and encouraging a culture of eco-conscious living.

ADAPTATION: 

This word is at the heart of contemporary thought and strategies used by nations, cities, businesses, and communities in order to cope with climate change. It is the subject of a movement, of appropriation, of adaptation by artistic creation. 

At a global level and in relation to the theory of evolution by natural selection as defined by Darwin, the adaptation capacity of a species explains the conditions for their survival or their disappearance.  Climate change has affected the lives of many species in the past, resulting in five major mass extinctions.  Today, climate change and the depletion of our ecosystems is accelerating with innumerable consequences which once again,  pose a threat  to the extinction of the diversity of the life forms with which our species has co-evolved for over millions of years.

In our society do we have the means and tools to adapt to these profound changes? International summits give birth to disagreements or commitments in minimal time.  This seems to be incompatible with the urgency of the issues at stake and with society facing the economic crisis, employment and short-term are  priorities. How do we reconcile adaptation, expectation, change and resilience? How do we reverse the principles that structure the relationship of western man to his environment? Adapting to the scale of our needs rather than our capabilities. What are the values that govern our resource, food, social, political and economic choices? Who are the people that  hold the keys to this adaptation? Ecologists, town planners, farmers, industrialists, lawyers, corporations, maybe  artists ?  What role can social networking, collaborative innovation, creativity and biomimicry play in order to encourage adaptation? With social inequalities dramatically on the rise, will this create a great cast who may or may not adapt? Will safe havens, sanctuaries and abundance of unspoilt nature be the new ghettos of the privileged classes of tomorrow?  Will they leave those countries most affected behind or will they be united on a national and international scale, with the progress of climate justice, world governance and social ecology ?

in the exhibit the artists are expressing their ideas on the preservation and expressions on the awareness issue- I feel at least it is a first step in the right direction.  Change starts with an idea- 

More to come after the interviews...