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The Cultural Frontline: How climate change changed my life

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How climate change changed my life

08/10/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - The Cultural Frontline, How climate change changed my life

Photographer Norma I Quintana on the wildfires that destroyed her home and studio

Artists reflect on the impact of climate change -  Norma I Quintana, Linda Gass, Taqi Shaheen, Derek Tumala, plus The Manchester Collective with Chris Watson and Carlos Casas

This week Anu Anand hears from artists highlighting climate change in their work. 
Pakistan has seen its worst flooding in years. One artist who’s addressing the climate issues facing the country in an unusual format is Taqi Shaheen. Along with fellow artist Sara Khan Pathan, he’s designed an environmental strategy boardgame called Machi Wachi, set around the island of Bhit, near Karachi. 

‘Megafires’ have become a regular phenomenon in the US State of California. A new exhibition called Fire Transforms brings together artists from across the region, responding to the changing climate.
Linda Gass uses her textile art to create a birds’ eye view of changing landscapes and the preciousness of water. Documentary photographer Norma I Quintana lost her home and her studio in the Napa wine country fires in October 2017. She’s been using the charred objects found in the ruins to tell the story of that experience as she explained to Andrea Kidd.

The experimental orchestra, The Manchester Collective, has teamed up with the BAFTA award-winning sound recordist Chris Watson and his long-term collaborator Spanish filmmaker Carlos Casas to perform the piece Weather, by US composer Michael Gordon. It’s now been reinterpreted by the Collective and includes an immersive film and soundscape of some of the habitats impacted by rising temperatures and sea levels. Anna Bailey went to a rehearsal to find out more.

Artists and writers from 28 countries have come together for a project called the World Weather Network. They’ve created a series of ‘weather stations’ and for the next year, they’ll be sharing their reports through art. One of the people taking part is visual artist Derek Tumala from the Philippines. He tells us about his live, interactive project called Tropical Climate Forensics.

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