F2f Videos

Landfill was commissioned by Wesleyan University's Center for the Arts and Environmental Studies Program for the Feet to the Fire Festival 2008, as part of Feet to the Fire: Exploring Global Climate Change from Science to Art. http://www.marionbelanger.com http://www.wesleyan.edu/feettothefire

Native American composer Barbara Croall was commissioned to compose a new work on global climate change that was performed by the Wesleyan University Orchestra, under the direction of guest conductor Roy Wiseman. (Video by Adrian Nieves and Paul Horton) http://www.wesleyan.edu/feettothefire

Assistant Professor of Art & Art History Elijah Huge designed a Feet to the Fire module in ARST436 Architecture II where students studied bird migration habits in order to inform a design/build of a bird-blind that was unveiled at the Feet to the Fire Festival and permanently installed at the Helen Carlson Wildlife Sanctuary in Portland, CT. (Video by Adrian Nieves) http://www.wesleyan.edu/feettothefire

Part Greek chorus, part Doris Humphrey movement choir, part tongue in cheek, part cynical take on the notion of "green"...a ritual, a quirky, silent response to climate change. Maybe it could happen anywhere, at places where consciousness was being raised or needed raising around humanity's relationship with the Earth, and specific places on the Earth. - Ann Carlson on Green Movement Green Movement was commissioned by Wesleyan University's Center for the Arts and Environmental Studies Program for the Feet to the Fire Festival 2008, as part of Feet to the Fire: Exploring Global Climate Change from Science to Art. (Video by Adrian Nieves, Simon O'Reilly, Meagin Sheehan/Music by Evan Manners) http://www.wesleyan.edu/feettothefire

During the Spring 2008 semester, students led by Rachel Fischoff, 08 and Alexandra Provo, 10 studied visual and movement-based artworks relating to the environment (including earthworks and more socially conscious projects), and then presented work at the Feet to the Fire Festival on May 10, 2008. (Video by Adrian Nieves) http://www.wesleyan.edu/feettothefire

This sixteen-week course, co-taught by artist Fred Elmore and scientist Jenny Royer, occurred twice a week in the Green Street Arts Centers afterschool program and aimed to explore and promote an understanding of global climate change issues. Using common household items and recycled waste, students simulated climate change phenomena such as the greenhouse effect, melting glaciers, and rising sea levels and produced artwork that was displayed at the Feet to the Fire Festival on May 10, 2008. (Video by Adrian Nieves) http://www.wesleyan.edu/feettothefire

Assistant Professor of Anthropology Gina Ulysse designed a Feet to the Fire module with printer/ bookmaker Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. in her new service-learning course: ANTH232 Alter(ed)native Approaches: Middletown Lives. Students worked with Kennedy to create a manifesto. (Video by Adrian Nieves) http://www.wesleyan.edu/feettothefire