new Climate art installation

SWARM

Artist Leonie Bradley has been selected to create a powerful new installation entitled ‘Swarm’, to be unveiled on the eve of the UN climate change conference, COP27. Commissioned by Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair and Landsec, this major new climate artwork will be exhibited in London from 3-6 November at the fair and then installed at the Westgate Shopping Centre in Oxford during 2023.

Bradley, whose work is held in significant collections, including the Victoria & Albert Museum, Ashmolean Museum, and Beijing’s Central Academy of Fine Art, was selected via an international open call.

‘Swarm’ is a large-scale mixed-media artwork made up of hundreds of tiny, fully recyclable screen-printed origami bees. Origami fortune-teller forms are typically used as a game by children to predict the future or ask playful questions to one another. In the context of this artwork, the origami shape inspires us to think about chance versus decision and the positive climate futures we can choose to create. The artwork will continue to evolve throughout its display, mirroring the continuously changing nature of our environment.

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