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Special Film Screening — Ackroyd & Harvey: The Art of Activism + Of Wind and Water

September 25 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
$10
This is Climate Week in NYC, as The United Nations convenes a Climate Summit, focusing on Climate Action.

In Reading this Friday, September 25 at 7 pm, the Goggleworks Boscov Theater will screen two documentary films about the process of creating art that awakens people to the living world and our changing climate.

ACKROYD & HARVEY: The Art of Activism 

A portrait of internationally acclaimed artists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey.  Preoccupied with the climate and ecological crisis, their work has become a rallying cry for the environmental movement. This study of a lifelong creative partnership asks questions of where art and hope — and love — stand in our very uncertain world.  A film by Fiona Cunningham-Reid, 80 minutes

“Magical. The film was so touching and humbling and emotional and tender and everything.” Clare Farrell, Co-founder of Extinction Rebellion

 “A story told in sunlight and shadow, in the scale of tree-time and the size of heartbreak. It’s a praise-poem to photosynthesis, reflecting nature’s primal miracle: making life out of light.” Jay Griffiths, writer

 
OF WIND AND WATER
A stunning short, features Ned Kahn, renowned large form kinetic sculptural artist whose work explores the confluence of science and art, rendering visible living forces of the natural world. A film by Alexandra Lexton, 6 minutes
“Words are inadequate to describe the beauty and mystery of Ned Kahn’s sculptures. This exquisite and inspiring film provides a glimpse into the artist’s noble aspiration to awaken our sense of kindness towards the planet.“

Mary Guzowski, Professor of Architecture, University of Minnesota

“Quietly mesmerizing…Transforms what might seem invisible – wind currents, water motion, atmospheric turbulence – into something tactile, poetic, and vividly alive. This film succeeds as an invitation to slow down, to observe, and to recognize the hidden choreography of natural forces shaping our world.“

Nobuho Nagasawa, Professor of Art, Stony Brook University

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