What We Do
Cape Farewell Foundation brings leading artists together with climate scientists, engineers, economists and health practitioners. Specialists from these diverse backgrounds share insight to engage with ideas outside their area of expertise. With this research as a point of departure, artists create works that inspire and transform audiences in the public domain through exhibitions, performances, writing, and digital media.
Cape Farewell Foundation’s purpose is to provide leadership by:
- Facilitating the collaboration of artists, scientists, business and technology to promote the exchange of creative ideas between them for the mutual development towards building a new sustainable community globally.
- Promoting artistic expression by commissioning new works of art that engage with climate and related cultural issues;
- Promoting the appreciation of artistic work that engages with the environment or environmental issues through real-time and virtual exhibitions, live performances, film and other electronic and web-based media; and
- Developing inter-disciplinary university programs and curricula which encourage collaboration among artists and scientists and which promote open dialogue and the cross-fertilization of their respective disciplines, and develop educational programs and materials to broaden the education of artists generally.
Latest News
Ship of Fools
Cape Farewell Foundation and Pattison Onestop are proud to present Ship of Fools: Artists and Climate Change, a multi-site urban screens project addressing the ....
The Dew Line Concert
Tickets are on sale now for The Dew Line Concert: Climate is Culture. Cape Farewell North America makes its public debut on Thursday 10th November at Koerner Ha....
U-n-f-o-l-d Events
Follow the exciting series of lectures and events around U-n-f-o-l-d either live or via podcast.
U-n-f-o-l-d Exhibition
Continuing it's tour in the US Cape Farewell's exquisite new exhibition heads to New York to Parsons The New School of Design, accompanied by an exciting progra....
Unfold review in Time Out
For those who can't make it to visit Cape Farewell's Unfold exhibition in Chicago, read the review in Chicago's Time Out. Read the review ›
On The Edge Of The Earth
Don't miss the new radio play by Mikhail Durnenkov inspired by his expedition with Cape Farewell in 2010 airing on the BBC World Service on 19 March, then avail....
Burning Ice - The Film
Cape Farewell presents the brilliant new film, Burning Ice, directed by award winning Peter Gilbert and based on the Disko Bay Expedition.
Stephen Harper reads...
Find out why Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada was sent Burning Ice to read by Yann Martel, author of Life of Pi.
