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2304016 Yixuan Xu - Sea level rise crisis

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The soiled books and cars indirectly stimulate audience to consider the threat of rising sea level.

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The soiled books and cars indirectly stimulate audience to consider the threat of rising sea level.

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A great geographical location may attract a lot of UCA students; as well as the muddy footprints.

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A great geographical location may attract a lot of UCA students; as well as the muddy footprints.

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Showing the seriousness facts without the beauty appearance are more powerful and even more persuasive than beautiful things.

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Showing the seriousness facts without the beauty appearance are more powerful and even more persuasive than beautiful things.

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3. By hearing the flooding audio and view the real scene, they might be aware of the seriousness of sea level rise.

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3. By hearing the flooding audio and view the real scene, they might be aware of the seriousness of sea level rise.

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2. After that, they will focus on these broken thing;

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2. After that, they will focus on these broken thing;

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1. When people walk into reception area, they might have stepped in the mud and remain kinds of muddy steps, which is good way to grab people’s attention;

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1. When people walk into reception area, they might have stepped in the mud and remain kinds of muddy steps, which is good way to grab people’s attention;

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Over the mud: here some broken things, like cars, books, and architectures, were covered the mud. 

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Over the mud: here some broken things, like cars, books, and architectures, were covered the mud. 

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On the ground: there are the mud here, audience passing here will create new footprints 

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On the ground: there are the mud here, audience passing here will create new footprints 

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On the wall: a screen showing the terrible scenario about the rising sea level

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On the wall: a screen showing the terrible scenario about the rising sea level

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Installation: Put some wetting mud under the ground to simulate a real disaster scene.

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Installation: Put some wetting mud under the ground to simulate a real disaster scene.

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Other disaster scenario like books, cars, etc..

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The Canteen and the Main Door closely near the reception area, so there are amount of students pass here.

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1. Masters-Reborn An immersive Digital Experience

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1. Masters-Reborn An immersive Digital Experience

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In 36.5/ A Durational Performance with the Sea (2013 -2022), New York-based artist Sarah Cameron Sunde stands in a tidal bay for a full tidal cycle (12-13 hours) as water engulfs her body and then reveals it again. The public participates. What began in 2013 with an impulsive poetic gesture has grown into a complex evolving series of nine artworks, involving thousands of people in communities around the world: Maine, Mexico, California, The Netherlands, Bangladesh, Brazit, Kenya, Aotearoa-New Zealand, and New York.

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Flood mainly caused by heavy rain and storm tidy

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Flood mainly caused by heavy rain and storm tidy

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Just need to use a screen to show

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Relationship between temperature and sea level

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Relationship between temperature and sea level

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Yancheng - Low-lying coastal area

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The scene after flooding in Beijing (31/7/2023)  

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The scene after flooding in Beijing (31/7/2023)  

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Group P Lisa Yixuan XU 2304016 Activism research essay

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Landmark - Crane and deer in the same spring

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Landmark - Crane and deer in the same spring

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Sculpture of Red-crowned crane and Milu Deer. They are rare animals in Yancheng, which enable represent Yancheng.

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Landmark of Yancheng  - Great Bronze Horse

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Landmark of Yancheng  - Great Bronze Horse

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Sculptures in honour of the New Fourth Army

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Through experience the visualize video of the terrible situation after rising sea level.

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everybody who can enjoy this immersive artwork

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everybody who can enjoy this immersive artwork

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especially someone who do not think we should protect our environment.

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Let people indeed realize the serious consequence of climate crisis when it will happen in the future.

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Activist art is a powerful tool with a long and varied history, that can call attention to the most pressing political and social issues.

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I experienced the wave in this gallery. When I walk to close this wave, I felt chokey under the water, just like drowning.

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36.5/ A durational performance with the sea

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36.5/ A durational performance with the sea

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Sarah Cameron Sunde * 36.5 / a durational performance with the sea

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The emotions conveyed by the characters in the work and the difficult environment they are in also indirectly reflect the fragility of the Earth. As the tides change in the morning and evening, the water rises and falls, and these static scenes featuring Hawaiian women and the ocean seem to have been given life and filled with spiritual charm.

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By use of sensors, the installation interacts with the rising tidal changes; activating on high tide. The work provides a visual reference of future sea level rise.

The installation explores the catastrophic impact of our relationship with nature and its long term effects. The work provokes a dialogue on how the rising sea levels will affect coastal areas, its inhabitants and land usage in the future.

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 Pekka Niittyvirta (b.1974) and Timo Aho (b.1980)

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 Pekka Niittyvirta (b.1974) and Timo Aho (b.1980)

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sea level
high temperature
carbon dioxide emission

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Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) was a Mexican painter who combined realism, surrealism, and fantasy with icons from her Mexican culture. While visiting the U.S. with her husband, Diego Rivera, Kahlo wrote to a friend that she was interested in the industrial and mechanical developments of the U.S., but she felt “a bit of a rage against all the rich guys here, since I have seen thousands of people in the most terrible misery without anything to eat and with no place to sleep.”

Kahlo’s artistic career was a success despite a lifetime of physical pain and a difficult and famous husband who overshadowed her during her lifetime. She proudly wore her Mexican heritage in her clothing, jewelry, and hair styles, and readily expressed her distrust of authoritarianism and Capitalism. She was disabled, bisexual, outspoken, and revolutionary. Her art resonates with feminists, politically-active people, diversity advocates, and anyone who has experienced physical or psychological pain.（Frida Kahlo’s Art through the Lens of Magical Realism,2020）

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For activism, I have not experienced a lot. Because of the differences in the culture of the country, our country is not very supporting us to march or protest unfair or unjust events.

After research and collection, I found similar political activism in China's history - The May Fourth Movement in 1919. Many younger college students keenly marched and demonstrated in the streets to against the government signing the unreasonable treaties. This behavior successfully stopped the government to giving up their ruling power.

Nowadays, I view plenty of clicktivists on the Internet. They announce some unfair or unjust events or news by thumbing up or forwarding. More and more people may know these negative effects through expand rapidly. After that, the relevant authorities will quickly investigate these phenomena based on crowd pressure. For example, some female college students are tricked to poor mountain areas; some officials are heavily corrupt and so on.

But clicktivism also has some bad problems. First of all, there will be numerous false news, which will waste a mass of human resources to investigate; secondly, there will be some bad speech, because the Internet does not control anyone's speech, this may cause some negative effects on the Internet; finally, people just against on the network, and do not take practical actions.

Therefore, I think Activism still needs people to against some unreasonable, unjust, and unfair phenomena on their own, this may help them deeply understand that the importance of activism. So as to draw the attention of the national government and make this society a better place.

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Human rights activist holding sign - Washington, DC USA

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we should protect everybody's right, and then this world will be all right.

And everybody has right to be an activist, to protect their own right, like human right, civil right and etc.

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Rights are our own, and we should firmly seize every oppotunities to defend our rights. This might make this world become more fair and peaceful.

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1. “If we must die, we die defending our rights.” – Sitting Bull

Sitting Bull (1831-1890) is one of the most famous Indigenous leaders in history. As a Hunkpapa Lakota leader, he resisted government policies and fought for Native rights. After years of evading capture and struggling with starvation, Sitting Bull eventually surrendered. He worked at Buffalo Bill’s Wild West, where he became a celebrity. When he returned home, government authorities grew fearful of the Ghost Dance movement, a religious movement that promised the renewal of the earth, resurrections, and an end to oppression. Because of Sitting Bull’s influence, police tried to arrest him and prevent him from joining the movement, but he was killed instead. His remains are buried at Mobridge, South Dakota, his birthplace.

2. “There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” – Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel (1928-2016) was a human rights activist and author. His most famous book, Night, is a memoir of surviving a concentration camp. Wiesel helped establish the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and campaigned on behalf of human rights in places like Sudan, South Africa, and Kosovo. The quote above comes from his Nobel Peace Prize speech in 1986. Wiesel acknowledges that while we can’t always stop injustice, we must always protest it.

3. “The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.” – Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was a physicist and arguably history’s most famous scientist. He is known for the theory of relativity, but his work influenced quantum mechanics, as well. A German Jew, Einstein lived in Germany until 1933 when Hitler came to power. Einstein then left for the United States. In the quote above, Einstein describes why the world is so dangerous. It isn’t because there are evil people, but rather because there are other people who let evil win. We all have a responsibility to act or, according to Einstein, we’re the ones who make the world dangerous.

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This image shows that some college students revolted against some of the climate crises in society and started marching to push the government to deal with these issues as soon as possible. (From COVID-19 canceled mass protests. Here’s what youth climate activists are doing instead. | Grist)

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Activism is that some teams or groups protest, revolt, or against some unfair and dangerous attitudes or phenomena in this world. Start to march or announcement, in order to promote these ideas to a wider audience. To make our world become harmony, justice, and fairness.

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Activism is a broad term that refers to intentional actions taken by individuals or groups to bring about social, political, or environmental change. Activists promote and advocate for specific causes, often with the aim of challenging existing norms, policies, or power structures they perceive as unjust or problematic.

Activism can take many forms, including protests, demonstrations, rallies, direct actions, lobbying, social media campaigns, petitions, boycotts, and more. It encompasses a wide range of issues such as human rights, environmental conservation, racial justice, gender equality, LGBTQ+ rights, workers' rights, indigenous rights, and many others.

Activists often seek to raise awareness, educate the public, spark dialogue, and mobilize others to join their cause. They may engage in public advocacy, use creative methods to gain attention, or employ civil disobedience as a means of nonviolent resistance. Through their actions, activists aim to bring attention to injustices, challenge the status quo, and ultimately bring about desired change.

While activism can be pursued individually, it is often carried out collectively through the formation of social movements or organizations dedicated to a specific cause. These groups campaign on local, national, or international levels, often leveraging public pressure and media attention to influence policymakers, corporations, and society at large.

Overall, activism is driven by a desire to create a more equitable, just, and inclusive society by challenging oppressive systems, norms, and policies. It embodies the belief that individuals have the power to effect change and play an active role in shaping the world they live in.

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The policy of active participation or engagement in a particular sphere of activity. (From Oxford English Dictionary)

The activity of working to achieve political or social change, especially as a member of an organization with particular aims. (From Oxford Learner's Dictionaries)

The use of direct and noticeable action to achieve a result, usually a political or social one. (From Cambridge Dictionaries)