Unit 5: Conscious Art (1ère AMC_Gr2)
The Power of Fire and Ice
The document
under study is news report from PBS News Hour, published in 2019. It deals with
two American eco-artists. The first one is Jeff Frost, who is seen as an alarmist because his goal is to warn people about
the danger of global warming on forests. Indeed,
there are more and more fires in forests that destroy the wildlife and people’s
houses. This artist creates time-lapse video art with
images shot in California, to show how a fire can destroy everything.
The second
artist is Zaria Forman, she uses art because, according to her, art is able to
have an impact on people’s emotions, thus their
emotions could lead them to act against global warming. She creates drawing
with pastels. She represents vanishing ice.
Both artists
are dealing with global warming issues, however, they focus on different
aspects of the impact of climate change. Besides,
they are not using the same method to create their arts. One is directing
videos and another one is drawing. As opposed to Jeff
Frost who is making people scared and worried by displaying the destruction of
nature with fire, Zaria Forman is showing the beauty of these places to make people
want to protect and preserve them.
Homework: Learn the lesson.
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