"Earthling” exhibition premieres on this webpage on Earth Day — April 22, 2019

Happy to be the part of “Earthling”

The "Earthling" online exhibition will premiere on Earth Day, April 22 on the webpage listed below. 27 artists will be presenting their works in the show.
http://illume.moonandmountain.org/Earthling.html
Samah Al-Alusi — Iraq
Dia Alhamwi — Sweden, Syria
Leonor Alicia Arnao — Argentina
Arrachme — United States
Krisztina Asztalos — Hungary
Pierre Castagner — Canada
Beatriz Correa — Colombia
Sonia Socorro Cabañas Cortés — Portugal, Mexico
Katerina Dramitinou — Greece
Goro Endow — Japan
Virginia Erdie — United States
Hego Goevert — Germany
Barbara Jensen — United States
Roody Jotcar — Syria
Samah Kthar — United States
Harriette Lawler — United States
Rana Loutfi — United States, Syria
Ilham Badreddine Mahfouz — United States, Syria
Elaine Nehm — United States
Neil Nieuwoudt — South Africa
Abdolreza Rabeti — Iran
Mohamed Swadi — Iraq
Christine Lentzou Selzer — United States
T’Alyne — United States
Evrensel Ürüm — Turkey
Victor Vidal — Peru, Denmark
Fred van Welie — The Netherlands

The contribution of Krisztina Asztalos:

"Waterfall"
ink on paper
270 x 150 cm

https://dakini.hu/water1.html 

 

Earthling Exhibition

"Many people today often refer to themselves as Earthlings, rather than their particular nationality, especially when discussing

environmental and other planetary issues. This differs from referring to oneself as human rather than a nationality, because we humans are not the only life on this planet. The broad-based premise of this exhibition is to explore the concepts of being an Earthling. What does it mean to be a living being on Earth today? Who and what are Earthlings? Where are we Earthlings headed — or where should we be headed? What has led us to this point in time? What is our past, present, future? What do you as an individual Earthling artist see, think, value, love, desire, worry about, etc etc etc? Anything to do with being on Earth is a valid concept for this theme. Through their work in this exhibition, artists express what they see and how they feel as Earthlings.

However, there is one fact about being on Earth now that is determining our future. Human activities have caused and continue to cause the current mass extinction of other species and the ongoing catastrophic climate change taking place on Earth. There is also a sharp divide today in the way humans view the world and therefore in the way they act in the world.

There are two particular worldviews that are polar opposites of each other. One view is that we humans share the Earth with other life, both plants and animals — and that we should be responsible residents of the Earth and guardians of the life on it. These people do not feel an exclusive allegiance to any one nation, any particular ethnicity, or any political party. Their first and inclusive allegiance is to our planet and to all the life it supports.

The opposing view is that we humans rightfully dominate the Earth and that all of the Earth's resources — plant, animal, mineral — are ours to use without regard to the consequences. Their 'allegiance' varies depending on the individual and their location. Sadly, they may never think of themselves as Earthlings first or even as humans first."