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Climate Change Festival - a sign of consumption

2008.06.09

A dramatic, shiny pylon is the centrepiece of the Birmingham Climate Change Festival. It has been installed in Victoria Square for nine days.

The pylon brings home the reality of climate change – it makes the issue of climate change visible and local. It isn’t just happening far from home and in the future: it’s happening here and now.

A symbol of consumption, the pylon acts as a reminder of how much we need to reduce the amount we consume. Not just energy. Its massive structure poses some brutal questions about the kind of unlimited consumption of all kinds which dominated the prodigal last century.

This is the first time that a pylon has been seen in a city centre. It even looks “lifted” straight from its usual home, the field, into a city square – it comes complete with its corn base.

The climate change festival has been designed to make the invisible (carbon emissions) visible, and the idea lies at the heart of our problem with energy: we are rarely conscious of how much we use.
30 Comments
ronin53 great pic, great post!!!
ronin53 · 2008-06-08: 05:43
cariad great picture..very powerful....!!!
cariad · 2008-06-08: 06:53
focussed Never before has climate change been at the forefront of so much discussion and thought. People must be literally living under a rock if they havnt started to change their behaviors by now!!
What a frikking awesome perspective for this one Em. It looks menacing. but i adore the tones.
focussed · 2008-06-08: 07:39
miclaud Nice post and quote!
miclaud · 2008-06-08: 07:52
skakanka Great shot1
skakanka · 2008-06-08: 09:10
ncshutterbug As Andrea said, great perspective and tones. Great shot.
ncshutterbug · 2008-06-08: 09:18
Ste You would never know this was in the center of a city. Wonderful.
Ste · 2008-06-08: 12:20
vollenda The composition is very cool for this. Gives it a sense of an idol to a false god.
vollenda · 2008-06-08: 15:21
CatsEyes Oh la la, I missed it all. Been so busy and so much going on in Brum. Thanks Emma. Oh well, there's always next year! I must say, where are we going with the cost of living nowadays? And it's not over yet. But do people learn?
CatsEyes · 2008-06-08: 17:57
tcalbaz a fine environmental image with a message. well done!
tcalbaz · 2008-06-08: 23:05
jet28 Fantastic angle!
jet28 · 2008-06-09: 02:40
swkotor2 great post!
swkotor2 · 2008-06-09: 05:27
maharba Thoughtful post.
maharba · 2008-06-09: 13:11
hkimpressions Very cool perspective. l agree with your statement.
hkimpressions · 2008-06-09: 14:10
shelburt Good shot - moody and dramatic. I like the angle
shelburt · 2008-06-09: 16:14
the12thdude Somewhat a stairwell to heaven :D. Good perspective
the12thdude · 2008-06-09: 16:41
????? Loving this one, great perspective :)
????? · 2008-06-09: 18:53
Zdenula Great shot, interesting angle
Zdenula · 2008-06-10: 01:30
navaneee amazing shot.............
im very interested...........
navaneee · 2008-06-10: 04:03
ThomasChu Amazing perspective and tone.
I adore the ambiance too.
Really good shot !
ThomasChu · 2008-06-10: 09:26
TheCrazyCroat I love the perspective. The wide angle is amazing. The plants at the bottom really add a lot.
TheCrazyCroat · 2008-06-10: 19:10
hail665 Cool shot.
hail665 · 2008-06-11: 03:06
RodolpheDeus Superbe traitement pour un superbe point de vue.
RodolpheDeus · 2008-06-11: 09:09
Kanya Interesting post!
Kanya · 2008-06-11: 10:05
happypowder123 wonderful words, wonderful photo.
:}
happypowder123 · 2008-06-11: 16:36
jacekb Fantastic shot Emma.
jacekb · 2008-06-12: 12:36
dhulsmeyer looks funny with no wires attached.
dhulsmeyer · 2008-06-12: 13:20
Primavera Perspective and tones just fantastic!
Primavera · 2008-06-13: 13:03
davidcardona Great post! I added this one into my favorites. Thanks for sharing!
davidcardona · 2008-06-13: 23:46
fudoshin Liked this post! : )
fudoshin · 2008-06-14: 03:38
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