Community Arts Base - 2024
When I watched Greta Thunberg’s documentary, I Am Greta, I knew I needed to make a Brart portrait of Greta. Greta has taken such a clear stance on the global climate crisis, that we need to take immediate action now. The more Brart I make, the more wasteful my other craft hobbies can seem. So many people have bras just laying around, that it seems like I could have a never-ending art supply. The day that there are no more bras laying around, I will stop making Brart. I wrote Greta’s September, 2019, speech she gave to the United Nations around the frame. I think of this as her ‘How dare you!” speech. In this piece Greta is literally framed by her words, because I think she is figuratively framed by the power of her words in today’s culture. But is everyone really listening? Have we all acknowledged the individual and systematic changes that need to happen to have an impact on the climate crisis? We might know a few phrases in her speech, but are we really listening to what she is saying? Below is a link to a video and transcript of the speech, in case you want to listen/read it. Someday I hope my Brart can be on display, for people to view and interact with Brart. The speech is written in a circular pattern around the frame, and can feel fragmented if the viewer doesn’t know the pattern the lines are written in. The viewer will need to concentrate to read the entire speech. Similar to the way that we need to concentrate to really listen when people are speaking about change. Read Greta Thunberg's full speech at the United Nations Climate Action Summit (nbcnews.com) Greta has started the Fridays for the Future movement. To quote directly from Fridays for Future website website: “Fridays for the Future or FFF is a global climate strike movement that started in August 2018, when 15-year-old Greta Thunberg began a school strike for climate. In the three weeks leading up to the Swedish election, she sat outside Swedish Parliament every school day demanding urgent action on the climate crisis. She was tired of society’s unwillingness to see the climate crisis for what it is: a crisis. To begin with, she was alone, but she was soon joined by others. On the 8th of September, Greta and her fellow school strikers decided to continue their strike until the Swedish policies provided a safe pathway well under two degrees centigrade in lien with the Paris agreement. They created the hashtag “FridaysForFuture, and encouraged other young people all over the world to join them. This marked the beginning of the global school strike for climate.” It only felt fitting to share this piece on a Friday. Fridays For Future is an international climate movement active in most countries and our website offers information on who we are and what you can do. In addition to recycled bras, this is an old cabinet door. I have tried to avoid using new materials as the base for brart. I got this cabinet door at the Minneapolis Habitat for Humanity Restore Center. The Restore has a great website if you’re looking to learn more about what they offer for recycled/upcycled home improvement materials. Shop Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity ReStore | Open to the public Home Improvement Outlet | Minneapolis, MN | New Brighton, MN (tchabitat.org)
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AuthorMinnesota native, Sadie started making brart (bra-art) in 2019. Archives
February 2024
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