On September 25, Ryuichi Sakamoto and 40 other artists, scientists, architects, comedians, musicians, playwrights, composers, engineers, film-makers and journalists journey aboard the science research vessel – Grigory Mikheev, from Kangerlussuaq to Disko Bay. The boat will then voyage across the front of the Jakobshavn Glacier, one of Greenland’s largest glaciers moving at a faster rate than ever before, losing 20 million tons of ice every day.
The climate challenge is a cultural one, it is the way we have evolved our lives and values that is the cause of climate change. Cape Farewell asks our best creative minds to respond to and inspire a sustainable cultural vision to this potentially devastating climate reality.
In 2007, there was record loss of the sea ice at the North Pole. Recent satellite images show that this year’s figure could exceed the 2007 demise of the Northern Ice Cap. Onboard science teams from the British Geological Survey and National Oceanography Centre will undertake scientific research, mapping the ocean currents and analysing the Greenlandic seabed. Film Director, Peter Gilbert will be documenting the journey, making a film for Sundance TV Channel on his return.
Follow the team live at www.capefarewell.com
Daily blogs, photographs and video – will be posted on the website as the journey unfolds.
PARTICPATING ARTISTS
Musicians
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Laurie Anderson
Vanessa Carlton
Jarvis Cocker
Feist
Robyn Hitchcock
KT Tunstall
Martha Wainwright
Luke Bullen
Beatboxer Shlomo
Composer
Jonathan Dove
Comedian
Marcus Brigstocke
Theatre Makers
Mojisola Adebayo
Suzan-Lori Parks
Artists
Kathy Barber
David Buckland
Sophie Calle
Jude Kelly
Michèle Noach
Tracey Rowledge
Julian Stair
Chris Wainwright
Architects
Francesca Galeazzi
Sunand Prasad
Poet
Lemn Sissay
Photographer
Nathan Gallagher
BBC presenter
Quentin Cooper
Activist
David Noble
Film Director
Peter Gilbert
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