Three Degrees exhibition opens

Posted 26 May 2009 by Sara in Announcements, Exhibits and Presentations, Facing Climate Change

OCTOBER 2009 UPDATE: The Three Degrees exhibit has returned to the William H. Gates Hall at the University of Washington.

Later this week, on May 28 and 29, the University of Washington School of Law will host Three Degrees: The Law of Climate Change and Human Rights Conference. This student-led event is an interdisciplinary and international dialogue featuring legal scholars, NGO leaders, policy makers and participants from affected regions in an effort to develop legal protections for people impacted by climate change.

Benj and I were invited to curate an exhibition for Three Degrees, and chose 20 prints from GHG Photos. Named after the scientific shorthand for greenhouse gases, GHG Photos is a coalition of six photographers (Gary Braasch, Ashley Cooper, Benjamin Drummond, Peter Essick, Steve Kazlowski and Joshua Wolfe) committed to documenting the science, causes and impacts of global climate change. It is an honor to contribute to this important conference through photography, and to select work from such a high-quality and diverse collection of images!

Three Degrees Exhibit

This was the first time art has been exhibited in the Law School, and it was a challenge to come up with a way to install the styrene-mounted prints without using nails. We discovered we could hang them by wire from set-screws we jammed into a decorative groove in the wall like climbing chocks. It looks fantastic! A big thanks to Rachel Dodson for six hours of math brilliance and her wire twisting skills.

Exhibit hanging
Information panel
Exhibition Statement

“Three Degrees seeks to confront climate change squarely as a humanitarian crisis. While many acknowledge the link between human rights and climate change, people still disagree over the best way to integrate human rights into climate law and policy, which tend to focus on carbon and technology – not people.

“From Tuvalu to Alaska, Minneapolis to Bangladesh, and China to Chad, this exhibition is an exploration of climate change and human rights, a visual reference to the conference discussion. The photographs were selected to inspire dialogue over the direction the global legal order must head if we are to help the world’s most vulnerable peoples thrive despite the impending climate crisis.”

The photographs will remain on display in the Jeffrey and Susan Brotman Galleria located in the William H. Gates Hall at the UW School of Law through June 15th. The building is open to the public during business hours. Congratulations to Jen Marlow and Jeni Krencicki Barcelos for making this conference a reality! Thank you for all of your hard work.

» Learn about the Three Degrees Conference

UPDATE: Click on the image below to view photos from the conference.

4 comments

This exhibit looks fabulous!! Congrats you two….I’ll have to make a special trip over there to check it out.
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