The Serralves Park in Porto will host the Boil Climate Festival from 25 to 29 September, a festival that combines art and humour with climate and behavioural sciences, to raise awareness “without drama, but with urgency” about climate change.
In a telephone interview with the Lusa agency, the person in charge of the Boil (Ferver) organization, Graça Fonseca, Former Minister of Culture, highlights the importance of reflecting on the need to reach people through the arts become more involved in the challenges created by climate change.
Graça Fonseca also recalls that, in the latest report of the IPCC – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the theme was the recognition that “we need creatives, we need artists, we need those who create content, we need cinema, literature, art, we need those who help us to better reach people”, and that this need “is already very present”.
The Boil festival, with the theme “No drama, but with urgency”, takes place mainly on the outskirts of Serralves, in the park of the cultural institution, where there will be a tour of artistic installations that will challenge people on topics such as, for example, water and how water can be better used.
The festival also promises exhibitions, particularly on biodiversity, in collaboration with the Museum of Natural History and Sciences of Porto.
Cinema is another of the arts involved in the Boil festival, with a collaboration between Casa Manoel de Oliveira and National Geographicthrough documentaries and media content, try to raise public awareness about actions to combat climate change.
The Casa Cinema Manoel de Oliveira will then host a climate cycle, in which films and documentaries will be screened that encourage reflection on the dimensions of climate change.
The festival will also host a set of talks (conversations), in a format stand The conference will be dynamic and the opposite of traditional conferences. The talks will be “in a language accessible to people” and will be “in a good-natured tone”, with the participation of scientists, artists and comedians, Graça Fonseca explains to Lusa.
“We hope that this dialogue between scientists, artists and comedians will help those present to better understand what is happening on the planet. and what is at stake, what is global warming”, how “we can confront climate change” and contribute positively to the situation, explained the official.
In Serralves Park, the market do Boil will bring together sustainable projects and solutions that are making a difference in the community, covering various economic and social areas.
The Boil festival is aimed at all people who want to “understand and act better” to tackle climate change, it is an invitation to those who feel the “urgency of transformations around them and are looking for effective ways to contribute to a healthier and more sustainable planet.”
The boiling Climate Festival It is an original concept Because Impactsin co-production with the Serralves Foundation, and tickets for the event also allow you to see Serralves em Luz, which returned this month to Serralves Park, with 13 Interactive installations and the theme “Dreams and Illusions”..
TO Because Impacts is an “impact agency” focused on the design and development of projects “with a positive impact on the planet and people”, co-founded and directed by former Minister of Culture Graça Fonseca.
Source: Observadora
