Cape Farewell brings artists, scientists and communicators together to bring about long-term change in cultural attitudes towards climate change.
Created by artist David Buckland in 2001, Cape Farewell has led seven expeditions to the High Arctic, the frontline of climate change including two youth expeditions. From these expeditions has sprung a body of artwork:
The project is widely acknowledged to be the most significant sustained artistic response to climate change anywhere in the world.
The last expedition in September 2008 was to Disko Bay on the west coast of Greenland. The Art/Science crew begin on 25 September working in partnership with the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, The University of Southampton and British Geological Survey, the scientists extended their investigations of climate change. More details about the expedition can be found on the Cape Farewell website, including blogs written by some of the crew. The crew for the 2008 expedition included Musicians Laurie Anderson, Vanessa Carlton, Jarvis Cocker, Leslie Feist, Robyn Hitchcock, Ryuichi Sakamoto, KT Tunstall, Martha Wainwright, Luke Bullen, Beatboxer Shlomo, Composer Jonathan Dove, Comedian Marcus Brigstocke, Theatre Makers Mojisola Adebayo, Suzan-Lori Parks, Artists Kathy Barber, David Buckland, Sophie Calle, Jude Kelly, Michèle Noach, Tracey Rowledge, Julian Stair, Chris Wainwright, Architects Francesca Galeazzi, Sunand Prasad, Poet Lemn Sissay, Photographer Nathan Gallagher, BBC presenter Quentin Cooper, Senior Lecturer (Open University), Joe Smith, Activist David Noble, Media Executive Lori Majewski and Film Director Peter Gilbert join Oceanographers Simon Boxall, Emily Venables and Geoscientists Carol Cotterill and Dave Smith.