MARIA   P. KJAERULFF

 

 

 

 

PROJECTS

 

ENVIRONMENTAL SCULPTURE ART BIENNALE

II, FINLAND

"IGLOO RUIN"

JUNE 2010

 

 

"GI MI TIGGUM" (GIVE ME CHEWINGGUM) - THEATRE SCENOGRAPHY DEBUT

LOVESTORY FROM WW2, LOCATION GREENLAND

MUSICAL/DANCE PLAY

 

KATUAQ CULTURE CENTRE

NUUK, GREENLAND

MAY 2008

 

ON TOUR IN FALL 2008 

 

 

MOVING ART

- CONTAINER PROJECT BETWEEN ROYAL ARCTIC LINE & KIMIK ARTIST UNION

 

6 ARTISTS

6 20-FOOT FREEZING CONTAINERS

3 DAYS...

 

AUGUST 17-19, 2007

 

IN FRONT OF KATUAQ CULTURE CENTRE, NUUK, GREENLAND

 

 

TITLE: "BE COOL! BE GREEN!" - ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING

 

MY WORK WAS INSPIRED BY MADONNA'S SONG: "HEY YOU!"

- MADE FOR THE LIVE EARTH CONCERTS 7/7/07

(THE VIDEO CAN BE VIEWED ON YOUTUBE.COM)

 

THE IMAGERY IN MADONNA'S VIDEO STRUCK ME.

HUGE BLOCKS OF INLAND ICE FALLING INTO THE SEA.

A POLAR BEAR SWIMMING, STRUGGLING TO GET ONTO THE SLUSHY ICE.

IT WAS HEART BREAKING.

I KNOW THAT POLAR BEARS CAN DROWN FROM EXHAUSTION

IF THEY CANNOT GET ONTO THE ICE.

ALL HAPPENING RIGHT HERE IN MY OWN COUNTRY.

 

SO I HAVE MADE SOME GREEN HABITS. 

WE CAN ALL HELP BY MAKING LITTLE CHANGES

THAT MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE END:

 

- SWITCH TO ENERGY SAVING LIGHT BULBS

(THEY ARE MORE EXPENSIVE, BUT THEY LAST LONGER)

 

- UNPLUG DEVISES WHEN NOT IN USE

(INCLUDING YOUR PHONE CHARGER)

 

- WALK OR BIKE INSTEAD OF DRIVING

 

- IF YOU DRIVE, TURN OFF THE ENGINE WHENEVER YOU PARK

                                                                                                                               

I GOT MY ADVICE ON LIVEEARTH.MSN.COM,

BUT NO MATTER THE SOURCE,

IT IS THE ACTION THAT COUNTS        

 

                                                                       

BE COOL! BE GREEN!                                                                                  

                                             

 

  

 

 

 

 

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