Melting for awareness: Nele Azevedo

Posted on October 4th, 2009 by Angela

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Melting for awareness:  Nele Azevedo

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Nele Azevedo

An artist comes up with a cool idea to raise awareness of global warming.

Brazilian artist Nele Azevedo, carved 1,000 figures out of ice and placed them on the steps of the concert hall in Berlin’s gendarmenmarkt square.
With temperatures of 73 degrees fahreneheit, (23 degress celsius), the ice figures began melting within half an hour. The project entitled ‘melting men’ was meant to bring awareness to the world wildlife fund’s warning, that melting ice could cause sea-levels to rise more than 3.3 ft by 2100.

Good interview – here    from:  www.greenmuze.com

image © reuters
a lone melting man
image courtesy of Nele Azevedo

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