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Water, earth, air, fire: evokes the four elements, to better understand the state of health of our planet, the exhibition Non c’è più tempo promoted by Forte di Bard and Agence France-Presse (Afp) set up in the rooms of the Mortar Opera of the fortress, from 29 March to 21 July. An unprecedented exhibition project, curated by Pierre Fernandez, which does not want to limit itself to presenting a snapshot of the various global climate emergencies but to promote a real awareness-raising action on issues that can no longer be postponed and which involve everyone.
«The title does not evoke an inevitable situation, rather it wants to remind us that the climate emergency is an evolving situation, which can be governed; the objective for our institution is to pay attention to reminding each of us of our responsibilities in the face of the fate of the Planet, its future is in our hands: the choice is ours” explains the President of the Fort of Bard, Ornella Badery . The over 80 images selected from the AFP archives are divided into four themes, one per element, integrated by a video section that tells how the climate emergency is increasingly influencing today’s migratory flows. AFP’s 450 photojournalists tirelessly traverse the regions affected by global warming with its procession of upheavals around the world.
The image chosen for the communication campaign has become an emblem of the global climate emergency; the shot portrays a teenager, Everton Miguel dos Anjos, emerging from the blackish waters of Itapuama beach, in Cabo de Santo Agostinho, contaminated by an oil spill that devastated around 2,000 km of the Brazilian coast, in particular the Abrolhos region, humpback whale sanctuary and habitat of unique coral formations in the world. «The consequences caused by human activities – explains the curator, Pierre Fernandez – no longer belong to the future and are not the prerogative of just some but involve everyone, in an increasingly sudden way».
Visiting hours: Tuesday-Friday 10am – 6pm, Saturday, Sunday and holidays 10am – 7pm, closed on Monday. Open on Easter and Easter Monday from 10am to 7pm. Prices: full 8 euros, reduced 7 euros (over 65s), reduced 3 euros (19-25 years). Free: holders of the Piedmont Valle d’Aosta Museum Pass and the Lombardy Valle d’Aosta Museum Pass holders; Membership Card Forte di Bard, under 18s. Information: 0125. 833811, [email protected], www.fortedibard.it.
