Press
Aesthetica – Carbon 14: Climate is Culture Exhibition, Royal Ontario Museum
By Jill Glessing
The Charlebois Post – Somewhere between fire and ice
A live documentary that warms up a cold winter night
This multi media piece, written and performed by Cynthia Hopkins, was inspired by a voyage she was invited on by Cape Farewell, along with several other artists and scientists.
By Lisa McKeown
NOW Magazine – Yes, you can laugh at the climate crisis
Cynthia Hopkins’s one-woman show serves up music, images, laughs and lots of smarts – What happens when you place a post-modern musical performance artist on a 100 year old Arctic schooner nestled amongst glaciers and climate scientists for three weeks? You get This Clement World, a stirring, quirkily transcendent live documentary / one woman show with a fiercely personal, poetic, and, at times, hilarious take on the climate crisis.
By Adria Vasil
The GRID – What do you say, Tanya Tagaq?
The outspoken Inuk throat singer, in town for a climate-change concert, gives a voice to the earth’s agony and tells Stephen Harper where he can put his mukluks.
By Martin Morrow
NOW Magazine – Carbon 14’s Electric Idea
NOW Magazine’s ECHOHOLIC columnist Adria Vasil visits the Carbon 14: Climate is Culture exhibition and speaks with co-curator Claire Sykes
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Alternatives Journal (A/J) – Carbon 14: Climate is Culture
A diverse group including artists, musicians, economists and policymakers explore the impact and future of climate change
By Grace Johnstone
Canadian Art – Q&A: Melanie Gilligan on Commerce, Climate Change & More
By Aileen Burns and Johan Lundh
SheDoesTheCity – Climate is Culture showcases photography, film, and twitter #art
By Tess Degenstein
The Globe and Mail – ROM climate-change show aims to bridge the gap between art and science
By Robert Everett-Green
Financial Post – David Suzuki’s ‘Carbon Manifesto’ pitch hijacked by Sun TV’s Ezra Levant
By Peter Foster
