“Trigger Points/ Tipping Points,” emerged from the collaboration between artist Aviva Rahmani and scientist Dr. Jim White.This work was created for “Weather Report,” curated by Lucy Lippard for the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA), opening September 14, Boulder, Colorado, with Marda Kirn and EcoArts. It will be premiered at the 52nd Venice Biennale, at the Thetis New Arsenal, Venice, Italy, 4: 10 PM, September 6, 2007, as part of “The Cultural Dimension of Sustainability; Towards an Ecology of Culture.” The entire DVD will be presented by the international network, Cultura21 and followed by a moderated discussion with Sacha Kagan, social scientist. 

Dr. White, former Chair of the Environmental Studies program at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado and Interim Director of INSTAAR (Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research), Boulder, Colorado, is one of the top half-percentile of most cited climate change scientists in his field of ice core study.

In addition to the installation for “Weather Report,” Aviva Rahmani and Dr. Jim White will be presenting together, as part of a panel at the Energy & Environmental Security Initiative (EESI), 4:00 PM Monday, September 17th  in Boulder. Contact Person:Marda Kirn. Return to previous website page for further information on all presentations.

This two minute clip is from work in progress comparing the circumpolar effects of global warming on three major river systems: the Nile, the Ganges & the Mississippi, in relation to Darfur, Bangladesh & New Orleans.

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