I Made Penguin Sculptures And Placed Them In The Waters Around My Town To Raise Awareness About Global Warming
Do you see the penguin? Why did I do two penguin sculptures and placed them in the waters around my hometown Landskrona?
I wanted to combine two things. First that the environment and global warming is being placed in the backseat in many countries at the moment. It’s not a priority and it needs to be. Glaciers and the Antarctic ice are melting at an alarming rate. Think about the world as your own body, if it’s sick. You would do everything to make it well again. It would be your main priority.
Second, I wanted to do a public installation that both brought smiles to people’s faces and made them think. Every day we are bombarded with news about horrible things that happens all over the world. And people just shuts down, I get it. It’s impossible to care about every single bad thing that happens. That why I wanted to approach this installation another way. A cute penguin on an ice sheet. That’s harmless and fun. That opens people up to take it in, stop for a moment and hopefully think: ”How did that penguin get here? It’s cute but out of place… Oh, it’s probably because the ice is melting… That’s not good, maybe I should do something about it…”
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Landskrona, Sweden
Outside the city council, Landskrona, Sweden
Outside the city council, Landskrona, Sweden
This is in a moat just outside the city’s art gallery
Floating around
Making off, in my studio, almost finished
Their first elevator ride was exciting!
Here’s how I made it:
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The world needs more Kim Berkhuizen"s. Not only because you care, but because you take the time to do something about it.
It means a lot, thank you Veronica! :)
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I wanted to wait longer before asking but I can't because I’m quite excited by this. What kind of feedback have you had on this project since publication?
Its gotten a lot of positive feedback. Then it´s a sensitive topic for some so i did expect some negative feedback from "the other side" :) but i am fine with it, as long as people talk about it the installation is a success.
Load More Replies... The world needs more Kim Berkhuizen"s. Not only because you care, but because you take the time to do something about it.
It means a lot, thank you Veronica! :)
Load More Replies... I wanted to wait longer before asking but I can't because I’m quite excited by this. What kind of feedback have you had on this project since publication?
Its gotten a lot of positive feedback. Then it´s a sensitive topic for some so i did expect some negative feedback from "the other side" :) but i am fine with it, as long as people talk about it the installation is a success.
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