THE MELTING AGE (Spain, 14 minutes)

A film by Alfons Rodríguez & José Bautista.

A long term photographic project by Alfons Rodríguez: “From hot to cold. It all seems like a grotesque game we force ourselves to play. This lunacy that no one understands but everyone accepts with resignation. And above all selfishly: our possible downfall and that of future generations.”

A journey through over 30 countries on 7 continents, showing situations that demonstrate the causes and consequences of the climate crisis, this stunning film explores “what we might gain and, at the same time, what we could lose.”

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Lord Howe Island Climate Change (Australia, 4 minutes)

A film by Ian Hutton.

Home to the world’s most southern coral reef, Lord Howe Island has outstanding landscape, flora and fauna.

Because of its truly unique biodiversity, the island was granted UNESCO World Heritage status in 1982 and 75% of the island is protected to conserve its natural beauty. And its surrounding marine park is home to 500 fish species and 90 coral species, many of which are unique to this precious ecosystem.

The Climate Crisis is already affecting Lord Howe Island’s critically endangered forests, coral reefs, and the local economy that depends upon them.

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BELLOW BELOW (Australia, 13 minutes)

A video artwork by Jo Lane and Diana Chester.

A soundscape/image scape about Western Port –  it is the sound of the sea, the shore, the mud, the heart, the lungs, the earth.

See and hear an orchestra of sounds below our feet. Be transported to another world, hear sounds of life and action beyond the human aural capability spectrum.

By using highly sensitive hydrophones, the audio recorded at the edge or just below the wetlands, sand, sea and waters of Western Port Bay – a Ramsar listed site of international significance in Victoria, Australia – the video artwork creates the experience that is BELLOW BELOW.

The teaming life below is exposed. By looking at things differently we see a world beneath our ears.

Thanks go to: Mornington Peninsula Shire Creative Grant, the University of Sydney, Save Westernport, Westernport Biosphere, Flinders Fringe, Claire Thorn, Melissa Jackson, Flinders Community Association, Parks Victoria, Mornington Peninsula Shire Planning – Mornington Peninsula Shire Events, CLIMARTE, Jules Casey, Dr Laura Brearley, Terry Melvin and HUGELY Dr Diana Chester.

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Art for a Sustainable Future (China, 14 minutes)

Showcasing artworks from the recent Jockey Club Museum of Climate Change’s exhibition Beginning a New Decade: Art for a Sustainable Future, this video features artworks and interviews with 11 artists from Hong Kong.

It is a fascinating exploration of the environmental challenges at the nexus of art and climate change.

“Each artwork is a heartfelt response to the beauty of the natural world, and conveys the urgent and complex environmental challenges we face together. It invites us to reflect on our own actions and responsibilities in protecting our planet, and to recognise that we each have a role to play. By fostering a deeper understanding of the climate issues affecting us all, these works encourage us to join hands and collaboratively shape a sustainable future for ourselves and for generations to come.”

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Songs of Disappearance (Australia, 3 minutes 32 seconds)

A collaboration between Mervyn Street of Mangkaja Arts, Bernadette Trench-Thiedeman, the Bowerbird Collective and David Stewart’s Nature Sound, BirdLife Australia, and Charles Darwin University, the Songs of Disappearance video (2021) was made to accompany the release of Songs of Disappearance, an ARIA chart-topping recording of pure birdsong featuring 53 of our most threatened species.

Be immersed in a chorus of iconic cockatoos, the buzzing of bowerbirds, a bizarre symphony of seabirds, and the haunting call of one of the last remaining night parrots.

In celebrating the incredible diversity of the Australian soundscape, it highlights what we stand to lose without taking action.

The Songs of Disappearance video featured prominently in CLIMARTE’s BIRD exhibition (2023) curated by artist Kate Gorringe-Smith.

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Preservation Reference Area (Australia, 9 minutes 29 seconds)

A video artwork by Olivia Bettina Davies (video), Louise Devenish (concept/co-composer/performer) and Aaron Wyatt (co-composer/electronics).

The concept of underwater disturbance and noise pollution is explored sonically in Preservation Reference Area, using percussion instruments including waterphone, bass drum, and electronics.

The film explores themes of human intervention, disturbance, and distortion in bodies of water.

It explores how sound travels faster through water than air, negatively impacting areas up to 500 kilometres beyond deep sea mining sites, including ‘preservation reference areas’ legally bound to be protected.

Preservation Reference Area featured prominently in CLIMARTE’s exhibition Creative Constellations: Atlas of Radical Hope (2024).

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Our Power Our Planet (USA, 11 minutes)

A video by Selva Ozelli.

To celebrate the 55th anniversary of Earth Day, artist and author Selva Ozelli has brought together work by six award winning artists from four countries who regularly exhibit at the UN and museums around the world. Together they show us what a healthy, sustainable, equitable, and prosperous future looks like.

Featured artists:

Sharon Field, The Scrolls: 3,000 days…and counting (Australia)

Semine Hazar, Lighthouse (Turkiye)

Fatma Kadir, Trees (Turkiye)

Shaq Koyok, Jungle (Malaysia)

Selva Ozelli, Ocean Lovers Angel Fish, Love Someday and Orcas & Glaciers (USA)

Ilhan Sayin, Flowers of Hope (Turkiye)