COP15: protests, threats of walk outs, controversy, more transparency and many suspect failure. But what do you know, artists have something show.

Deemed starving and out of money, which some believe to be the economic solution for a positive environmental future, artists have lead the sustainable lifestyle before the word ‘sustainable’ became popular and green washed.

Some of the finest international artists have come to support Copenhagen talks with illustrations of a positive environmental outcome for policy success and a bleak artistic forecast of whats to come if world leaders continue their current path.

If you haven’t been paying attention to the talks its been a flurry reports, its like a teenager’s emotional transition to adulthood and their constant crush status updates on pretty famous people–a sign that politics has caught up to twitter.  As Bill McKibben states:

COPENHAGEN—The Bella Center is a swirl of chatter, the streets of Copenhagen are a swirl of protest. Depending on what hour you listen to the news bulletin, the U.N. climate negotiations have “come off the rails” or are “back on track” or have “stalled” or are “moving swiftly.” Which is why the only people who really understand what’s going on may be a small crew of folks from a group of computer jockeys called Climate Interactive. Their software speaks numbers, not spin—and in the end it’s the numbers that count.

When the talks stalled out, the Pope got on action with holy sentiment that an agreement could be made.

Rethink Climate supported the Cop15 event with 26 international aritists shown below on their press release (Thilo Frank-Vertical Skip Shown Above).  For more events check out Arts for COP15.

Henkrik Hakansson Denfrie-Atmosphere

Bill Burns made a sample to be put on order at a chinese factory, hopefully demand doesn’t create a supply. (Sarcasm)

Ruri with Glass Rain

Tue with Green Fort

Olafur Eliasson with Your Water Colour Machine

MAPT gets in on the action and builds a modular pavilion.

Copenhagen has a shipping container graveyard, because it costs more to dispose of the container instead of buying a new one.

Nice outside and in.

As the climate talks have come to an end, there is no knowing what really came out of it.  It became a tangled mess that will take a great deal of time to unwind, with the most important nations, US and China not coming to any real agreement.  Woohoo!?!?!

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