Whaleless
collective exhibition
Padiglione Spadolini della Fortezza da Basso, 23/26 ottobre 2008
Heisuke Kitazawa (Japan), Luke Insect (UK), June (France), Oh Yeah Studio (Nonway), Chris von Steiner (Belgium), Japi Honoo (Italy), Suzywan (Sweden), Myron Campbell (USA), Alessia Cocca (Italy), Claudia Carieri (Italy), Ryan Obermeyer (USA), Aurélien Police (France), Blanche (Italy), Zaelia Bishop (Italy), Noina01 (Thailand), Squp (Italy), Chiara Coccorese (Italy), LostFish (France), Kouzou Sakai (Japan).
“Whaleless” is an art project dedicated to those artists wishing to express their indignation, rage, shame, disbelief or concern about the slow disappearance of the fascinating giant marine mammals. Pollution, whaling and unacceptable fishing practices are only some of the causes that seriously endanger their survival. It seems that they are slowly but inevitably growing extinct, while the consequences of their gradual disappearanceare impossible to predict. And yet we can be certain that the world’s ecosystem –not just the oceans’ but that of our entire planet –will be affected by this change. The project “Whaleless” was born 3 years ago on the pages of the Italian Pig magazine and on whaleless.com; after receiving more than 200 artworks from all over the world (from the USA to Honk Kong, from Russia to Venezuela) and hundreds of thousands of clicks on the website,
“Whaleless” is now on the road. The exhibition will then head to major European cities over the next few years, trying to raise awareness for this global environmental problem.
