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COAL + ICE

COAL + ICE: An immersive documentary photography exhibition

COAL + ICE is a documentary photography and video exhibition about climate change that brings together the work of over 40 photographers from around the world to visually narrate the consequences triggered by the continued use of fossil fuels. The exhibition is co-curated by Magnum photographer Susan Meiselas and renowned Dutch exhibition designer Jeroen de Vries.

This past September, COAL + ICE made its U.S. premiere at the Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture in San Francisco, inside a 50,000 pavilion. The exhibition also served as a stage for a three-week festival of events seeking to amplify the conversation about climate change and explore visionary solutions.

The U.S. premiere of COAL + ICE was an Affiliate Event of the Global Climate Action Summit, and among many other events (see highlight video below), hosted Governor Jerry Brown’s California Leadership Dinner for 500 Summit delegates inside the exhibition with a vegetarian meal by Alice Waters.

CREDITS

Orville Schell, Executive Producer
Susan Meiselas, Co-Curator
Jeroen de Vries, Co-Curator/Exhibition Designer
Leah Thompson, Producer
Marlene Saritzky and Tom Corwin, Festival Creative Directors

COAL + ICE is a project of the Asia Society.

COAL + ICE FEstival Highlights

COAL + ICE is a documentary photography and video exhibition about climate change that brings together the work of over 40 photographers from around the world to visually narrate the consequences triggered by the continued use of fossil fuels. The exhibition is co-curated by Magnum photographer Susan Meiselas and renowned Dutch exhibition designer Jeroen de Vries. This past September, COAL + ICE made its U.S. premiere at the Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture in San Francisco, inside the 50,000 sq. ft. Festival Pavilion. The exhibition also served as a stage for a three-week festival of events seeking to amplify the conversation about climate change and explore visionary solutions. COAL + ICE is a project of the Asia Society's Center on U.S.-China Relations COAL + ICE Team Orville Schell, Executive Producer Jeroen de Vries, Exhibition Designer / Co-Curator Susan Meiselas, Co-Curator Leah Thompson, Producer Tom Corwin, Festival Creative Director Marlene Saritzky, Festival Creative Director Chris Hammer, Technical Director Laura Chang, Associate Producer Don Kahler, Audio Visual Engineering Lead Frank Ortmanns, Audio Visual Content Lead Jillian Schultz, Community Outreach Lead Noopur Agarwal, Graphic Design Lead Zoe Westbrook, Event Manager Varun Mehra, Sustainable Food Consultant Mark Glynne, Soundtrack Designer Jonathan Deans, Sound Designer Jim French, Lighting Designer Michael Laha, Front of House Manager Tara Nuth Kajtaniak, Education Coordinator Tamara Rice, Web Developer Rembrandt Boswijk, Technical Advisor René Wissink, Rendering Artist San Trieu, Junior Graphic Designer Center on U.S.-China Relations Team Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director Laura Chang, Associate Director, U.S. Programs Ouyang Bin, Associate Director, China Programs Sara Segal-Williams, Assistant Director Michael Laha, Program Officer Muyi Xiao, Visual Editor, ChinaFile Video by Sasha Schell

COAL + ICE exhibition photos