What Will You Do?

Nina Czegledy and collaborator's Pukekura Park Project

Published on 12/11/2008

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WHAT WILL YOU DO? is an art installation that addresses the issue of individual and collective responsibility for making social change. We are all aware that our earth is in crisis. We all know about climate change, and the effect our actions have on our environment. We are conscious of the fact that our current use of energy and material consumption is unsustainable. We also know that we have to change our behaviour before it’s too late. But are we as individuals willing to make a personal commitment to change? Are we ready to take individual responsibility for the interest of our collective home? "WHAT WILL YOU DO?" asks to share your personal commitment, to be pro-active about climate change. What you are willing to do, big or small, at work, in your home or in your community? You will be able to send this pledge as a text message to a telephone number, and your message will be transformed into a visual statement along with many others. As a result we’ll discover that adding up small individual testimonies produces a massive collective transformation.

"WHAT WILL YOU DO?" was created in collaboration by Nina Czegledy, Greg Judelman and Daniel Barber, with production assistance by Deborah Hession and sound designers Museum. Special thanks to Michelle Jacques and Michael Brisbin for their support.

Developed as part of the Nuit Blanche, Toronto, generously supported by Scotiabank.

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Nina Czegledy

Nina Czegledy, media artist, curator and writer works internationally on collaborative art & science & technology projects. She has produced time based and digital works, won awards for her artwork, exhibited widely, lead and participated in workshops, forums and festivals and published worldwide. “What will you do to cool the earth?” a public art project in collaboration with Greg Judelman and Daniel Barber, was commissioned by the City of Toronto for Nuit Blanche 2007. The Aurora Feast collaboration premiered at Heureka the Finnish Science Centre (2006), also shown at the Govett Brewster Gallery (2006), Waves Festival, Latvia (2006). Czegledy exhibited with the ICOLS group in Australia, the US (2004-2005) and the Girls& Guns collective's in Europe (2005). Resonance, the Electromagnetic Bodies Project, Digitized Bodies Virtual Spectacles and the Aurora art & science projects focus on the changing perception of the environment and the human body. Czegledy initiated Points of Entry, the first Canadian/Australian/New Zealand digital arts collaboration. She is president of Critical Media a Canadian based Knowledge initiative, is a Senior Fellow, KMDI, University of Toronto, Associate Adjunct Professor Concordia University, Montreal, Honorary Fellow, Moholy Nagy University of Design, Budapest, co-chair of the Leonardo Education Forum (LEF) and ex-officio chair of ISEA.

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Intercreate.org is a project based research centre which consists of an international network of people interested in interdisciplinary creativity. Project foci include interdisciplinary projects, education initiatives and residencies. Intercreate is a not-for-profit trust that is registered with the Charities Commmission of New Zealand.

About SCANZ
Solar Circuit Aotearoa New Zealand (SCANZ) is New Zealand’s premier art and technology event and involves a symposium, artist residency, and public exhibition. It occurs every two years, and has typically involved a mix of Aotearoa New Zealand and international artists, producers, theorists and curators many of whom are leading practitioners. Held in New Plymouth, SCANZ 2011 will be the third event.

SCANZ 2011: Eco sapiens
A symposium followed by a residency is to be held late January to early February 2011 in New Plymouth, Aotearoa New Zealand. It seeks to bring a range of knowledge groups together to investigate the cultural roots of climate change and seek out poetically pragmatic approaches to encouraging the cultural and behavioural shifts required. Initial expressions of interest are due 21 November, 2009. Please see here for more details.

SCANZ 2009 international participants included Nina Czegledy, Brett Stalbaum, Sally Jane Norman, Jacques Sirot, Sarah Cook, Andrew Gryf Paterson, Dan Torop, Melinda Rackham and Dominic Smith of The Polytechnic. Participants based in New Zealand included Lisa Reihana, Stella Brennan, Sean Kerr, Rachel Rakena, Natalie Robertson, Danny Butt, Herman Pi’ikea Clarke, Alex Monteith, Naomi Lamb, Caro McCaw, Jon Bywater, Julian Priest (UK/NZ) and many others.

Occurring along side the 2009 residency was a two day symposium (February 7 and 8), presentation evening & exhibition (opened February 7), and curatorial workshop.

Intercreate.org gratefully acknowledges the support and partnerships of:

Creative New Zealand

Govett-Brewster Art Gallery

Puke Ariki

Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki (WITT)

TSB Community Trust

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