Carbon Disclosure Project: Cities
This residency is taking place in summer 2012. The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Cities program asks the world’s largest 40 cities to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and assess their risk from climate change.
We select artists from these cities to visit Floda31 to engage with members of the CDP team, who will inspire the artists to create art using data collected from the CDP Cities program 2011. The residency is planned to culminate in an exhibition in London.
Greenhouse gas emissions disclosure is a quantitative way of approaching climate change mitigation. This is an essential process, which is often difficult for the general public to understand. In order to mitigate climate change, responses are needed from every sector. The arts & culture sector is uniquely positioned to not only aide in the interpretation of complex scientific, business-oriented, and governance approaches to mitigating climate change, but to be a catalyst for broader cultural change. The CDP curated residency aims to be an agent in such vital collaborations.