Eden Project

Eden’s climate change arts programme

The Eden Project is hosting an exciting programme of events and art installations that help to communicate, on a human scale, the changes in climate we are experiencing today.

Into the wilderness

Cape Farewell’s first group of scientists and communicators visit the High Arctic in 2007 – to bring back their own response to climate change
Photo: David Buckland

Out in the Arctic

The musicians, writers, comedians and artists explore the Arctic, one of the world’s climate ‘tipping points’, where change is being watched closely.
Photo: David Hinton

Up in the Andes

A Cape Farewell expedition gathers new artistic ideas in the Andes, where the group sees climate change happening.
Photo: Ana Cecilia Gonzales Vigil

Marcus Brigstocke

Comedian Marcus Brigstocke out on the rigging – before coming to Eden for a stand-up show
Photo: Nick Cobbing

Jarvis Cocker

Former Pulp singer joins the Cape Farewell team thanks to an introduction from Eden, where he gave a summer performance.
Photo: Nathan Gallagher

Arctic youth trip

An expedition of youth ambassadors visit the North Pole to learn about climate change firsthand. Eden subsidises a Cornish student to take part.
Photo: Cape Farewell

'Blossom'

Claire Twomey produces thousands of handmade, china clay flowers for the Eden site – itself an old china clay pit - in a specially commissioned piece of work.
Photo: Chris Knowles

Disappearing trick

Claire Twomey’s fragile ceramic flowers dissolve back into the soil, providing fertiliser for Eden’s bulbs and reminding us of the transcience of nature.
Photo: Chris Knowles

'Ice Clock'

Max Eastley tells the story of a warming world with his ice installation, which slowly drips away creating an eerie Arctic soundscape.
Photo: Chris Knowles

Arctic soundscape

Max Eastley captures the sounds of the Arctic for a sound installation at Eden created in collaboration with Vicky Long.
Photo: Cape Farewell

Marcus Brigstocke at Eden

The comedian brings a comic twist to Eden / Cape Farewell’s ‘Cool Sounds from the Arctic’ summer programme.
Photo: Gorminator

The 'iy_project*' at Eden

Chris Levine’s spectacular light show and Max Eastley’s recordings of nature envelop Eden as a grand finale to Razorlight’s and Paul Weller’s gigs.
Photo: Andrew Atkinson

Illuminating the Seed

For our seasonal celebrations Chris Levine projects laser beams into Eden’s intimate Seed chamber, challenging people’s perspective of space.
Photo: Jeffrey Robb

Stunning scenes

Beth Derbyshire takes footage of the Arctic to create her moving 'Anthem' films.
Photo: Amy Balkin

'Anthem'

Beth Derbyshire’s trilogy of films is screened in the Mediterranean Biome, accompanied by powerful choral music, exploring our relationship to landscape and nature.
Photo: Beth Derbyshire

Inspired by ice

Ian McEwan's writing, 'The Hot Breath of our Civilisation', is used in a climate-themed banner at Eden's winter festival.
Photo: Tate

Chilling thoughts

David Buckland projects Gretel Ehrlich's words on to ice. Photos of the installation were installed at Eden.
Photo: David Buckland

Bi-ot-ik Stage

Beat-boxers extraordinaire the Boxettes perform as part of an awareness-raising set, named ‘Bi-ot-ik’, the scientific term for all the organisms in an eco-system.
Photo: Gorminator

We produce these unique visitor experiences with Cape Farewell, a creative project that brings artists, scientists and communicators together to engage people in the subject of climate change.

Come, explore, be inspired

Since 2003 Cape Farewell has led expeditions to the Arctic, the Andes and the Amazon, inviting artists to come, explore and be inspired. Artists have taken part in scientific research, learning about the effects of human behaviour on these fragile environments. In 2011 Cape Farewell brings the experience of the expedition home, with an exploration of ecologies and cultures across the Scottish Isles.

Artists return from Cape Farewell expeditions with a strong urge to respond to the challenges of climate change. Their stories, images and installations have communicated in powerful ways the impacts of our behaviour on our environment. Cape Farewell is resident at Southbank Centre and with partners such as Eden, the British Council and the Royal Academy produces and presents work nationally and internationally.

Eden has been working with Cape Farewell since 2007, commissioning and presenting work that not only draws on the artists’ expedition experiences but on their experience of the Eden site and its unique story of regeneration.

This year we are also collaborating with the Open University and Ashden Trust, the University of Sheffield, the University College of Falmouth and Newlyn Art Gallery.

Cape Farewell events at Eden

Our programme of cultural events in collaboration with Cape Farewell have included:

  • specially commissioned visual and sound installations from internationally renowned artists inlcuding Max Eastley, Beth Derbyshire, Tim Sutton, Chris Levine and Clare Twomey
  • live comedy with Marcus Brigstocke
  • live music including performances by Shlomo, Liam Frost, The Boxettes, Dizraeli and Zero 7
  • film screenings and workshops
  • debates and talks
  • live interaction with expedition members
  • creative research and development on the Slow Art programme.

Look for more exhibitions, talks and music shows at the Eden Project on our events calendar.

Find out more on the Cape Farewell website.

Video

Cape Farewell live!

Live footage from the Cape Farewell stage at the Eden Sessions, including Badly Drawn Boy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch

Art in the making

Artists are busy creating pieces of work especially for Eden.

Get a sneak preview