{"id":408,"date":"2026-08-03T02:20:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T06:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/arts-in-new-york-salois-summer-2026\/?p=408"},"modified":"2026-08-03T02:20:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T06:20:45","slug":"protest-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/arts-in-new-york-salois-summer-2026\/2026\/08\/03\/protest-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Protest Art"},"content":{"rendered":"

I planned to center my collage around urban tree planning in New York City, but it seems as though as I was working on it, it shifted to nature preservation. I\u2019m not really a creative person, I always just have to plan everything out before doing anything. Although I had prepared beforehand with an article, I wasn\u2019t sure how my collage would turn out. From the piles, I was just looking for anything green, anything resembling nature. I ripped up the pages I found because I liked the look of the imperfections\u2014 collages to me lean closer to chaotic and spontaneous than clean-cut. <\/span><\/p>\n

My intention with my collage was to have the trees and animals be the foundation and then include \u201cinterruptions\u201d to its simplicity: humans. I think the two newspaper articles that loom above the rest encapsulated the deeper, unintended meaning of the collage; the secrecy yet audacity of humanity to make decisions that tamper the natural world. Quiet decisions still produce consequences that don\u2019t remain silent, and it is these unfolding decisions that carry the bulk of environmental ruin. I\u2019m sure Adams isn\u2019t the first, nor the last politician to choose to cut funding and staff from environmental initiatives. <\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s no secret that we are on the verge of permanently passing the 1.5\u00b0C threshold. Corporations have been poisoning the Earth with their greenhouse gas emissions for decades. All their burning, manufacturing, and electricity production play major roles in the climate crisis. And now, with the domination of artificial intelligence, data centers are further contributing to the problem with their energy consumption and fresh water cooling systems. Humanity keeps setting itself back when we are supposed to be moving forward.<\/span><\/p>\n

When I was little, all I\u2019d see were hope-inspiring videos and awareness on TV- people talking about how the new generation will be the ones to break the cycle and protect the environment. Now, we have GenZers who live and breathe artificial intelligence. It seems efforts to fight against the system are futile, so the least we can do now is work with what we have. By preserving our city\u2019s canopy cover, and expanding it with even more trees, we can protect ourselves from drastic overheating. We cool, the air cools, and the buildings cool. In turn, there doesn\u2019t have to be a reliance on air conditioning. Electricity use cools, emission cools. This is wishful thinking, but it appears to be the most plausible solution that can\u2019t be overtaken by greed. If we just focus efforts into maintenance across all neighborhoods, not just the wealthy ones, we are one step closer to proving that we can make meaningful change.<\/span><\/p>\n

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