Symphony for the Mountains
ON THE NEED FOR SUCH A VENTURE
Symphony for the mountains
Opening Notes of a Symphony
Symphony for the Mountains is Living Art's major new touring exhibition; mixing state of the art interactive technology with awe inspiring images.
We came up with the idea for many reasons. The stark beauty and sheer grandeur of mountains clearly makes them inspiring subjects for artistic work. People who climb also develop a strong relationship with their immediate environment, a spiritual connection that shines in their photographs, paintings and writing. Mountains are literally on the edge; both of human endeavour and climate change. Those who have climbed the highest peaks have taken a lot of small steps to reach the top while melting glaciers are all too quickly changing the face of the mountain landscape. We realised that both of these symbolise what we are trying to do.
Emphasising the Environment
The environment has really hit the headlines since we launched Living Art in 2004. The media has finally moved the environment up their agenda and even some political parties claim to be taking it seriously. This should be great news for the world but is it just more hot air being blown into the atmosphere? Will the talk-talk lead to enough action? Living Art was born out of our concern for the environment; as a simple and positive way to raise awareness about our changing world. And through doing so, help make the changes that really need to happen.
If we can produce work that stimulates an interest in how amazing our world is then we may encourage more people to take the sort of direct action needed to care for our planet. We are realistic enough to know we can only have a very small part to play but, as every mountaineer knows, small first steps lead to greater things.
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