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| GLOBAL AWARENESS |
| FEATURE ARTICLE |
RECENT ADDITIONS
Faye Dayan
Politics and art have always shared a
close relationship, each as indefinable as
the other, each dynamic, reactive, and
evolving. The world’s histories are
documented by visual political records
such as state propaganda, monuments,
activist art, and any other political
commentaries or satires. Today, more
than ever, art engages the world of
politics, from cartoons to architecture,
installations and performances. This is
nothing new. Similarly, art of
remembrance is no innovation. Attempts
to remember victims of political regimes
or wars are to be seen across the capitals
of the globe, perhaps most notably in
Berlin, where remembrance is integrated
in the topography of the city, where new
shiny buildings have grown up around
vacuums of space left bare from
bombings and the area once inhabited by
the wall.
Politics and art have always shared a
close relationship, each as indefinable as
the other, each dynamic, reactive, and
evolving. The world’s histories are
documented by visual political records
such as state propaganda, monuments,
activist art, and any other political
commentaries or satires. Today, more
than ever, art engages the world of
politics, from cartoons to architecture,
installations and performances. This is
nothing new. Similarly, art of
remembrance is no innovation. Attempts
to remember victims of political regimes
or wars are to be seen across the capitals
of the globe, perhaps most notably in
Berlin, where remembrance is integrated
in the topography of the city, where new
shiny buildings have grown up around
vacuums of space left bare from
bombings and the area once inhabited by
the wall.
- It seems that everywhere
you go someone is talking
about global warming.
More specifically, we
have seen this topic often
within the political arena.
On one side of the
spectrum, someone is
arguing that the earth’s
climate is getting warmer;
however, this issue is
many times disputed by
other politicians. The
question to consider is:
environmental scientists have to say? Global
warming refers to the gradual incline in the Earth’s
overall climate/average temperature. It’s true that
the earth’s climate fluctuates. Scientists on the side
of global warming state that although climate
change is natural, it has continually risen without a
regression. Opponents don’t seem to understand
this concept, stating we are most likely at the end
of a glacial period. However, since the inception
and commercial use of fossil fuels (oil, gas, and
coal) during and after the industrial revolution, the
Earth’s climate has continued to climb.
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