Mobilizing Climate Constituencies through Socially Engaged Art

MOBILIZING CLIMATE CONSTITUENCIES THROUGH SOCIALLY ENGAGED ART

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2023 | 6:00 P.M. – 7:30 P.M

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI LAKESIDE EXPO CENTER
1320 S DIXIE HWY, CORAL HABLES, FL 33146

The Symposium hosts the global preview of artist Xavier Cortada’s Underwater Florida, a video installation showcasing the artist’s climate-focused performances across 56 coastal Florida city halls. Professor Cortada will deliver remarks to close the first day. His speech is entitled “Mobilizing Climate Constituencies through Socially Engaged Art.” The Cortada Foundation, led by Adam Roberti, will engage attendees in two of Cortada’s participatory art projects: HELLO (first launched during COP26, it is aimed at reframing the way we see one another and our collective vulnerability to the climate crisis) and The Underwater (which uses data-driven public art installations to spark awareness and action around sea level rise). Remarks will be followed by a social reception with light food and drinks for participants.

ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM

This year’s symposium, titled An Unequal Burden: Exploring Environmental Justice and the Climate Crisis, will focus on the increasingly important legal field of environmental law. The discussion throughout the two day event will look at the unequal burden shouldered by different communities from the climate crisis and the way the environmental justice legal movement is working to right historic wrongs. The program will include examination through a variety of subjects, such as Miami-centric issues, labor and immigration, indigenous approaches, climate racism and human rights, and just energy transitions.

The Symposium will feature the first global preview of artist Xavier Cortada’s video installation Underwater Florida. Through the Climate Resilience Academy, the University of Miami has demonstrated a renewed determination to address the climate crisis on our own campus. We hope that the 2023 Symposium will bring the University community as well legal community together and provide a platform for these important issues that will impact us all for decades to come.

Learn more at https://lawreview.law.miami.edu/2023-symposium/