Cape Farewell: Carbon 12, Art and Climate Change

2013, Celina Jeffery, Drain Magazine: A Journal of Contemporary Art and Culture, Black Issue.

Carbon 12 is an exhibition by the climate change group Cape Farewell whose edict is ‘climate is culture’, at the Fondation EDF in Paris. Cape Farewell describe themselves as being “a bridge between contemporary art and the earth sciences” and initiate multiple forms of creative dialogue and curatorial practice to promote climate change awareness. Founded in the UK in 2001 by artist David Buckland and about to launch a North American extension in Canada, Cape Farewell’s prolific expeditionary, curatorial and cultural programming have become critical and high profile contributors to the discussion.