When science and art meet, facts are felt like never before. Ecological Artist and 2020 TEDMED Speaker Thijs Biersteker collaborates with scientists around the world to bring their climate change research to life in impactful ways. Experience it for yourself by watching his Talk, “Bringing facts to life through ecological art”.

This Week’s TEDMED Talk

Bringing facts to life through ecological art

Thijs Biersteker, Ecological Artist

We live in a time of information overload, inundated with facts about the world around us. When it comes to Climate Change, the data continues to be so overwhelming that it is easy to become jaded to it. That’s why Ecological Artist Thijs Bierstekerdedicates his work to helping us feel facts again. He argues that “if the facts can’t reach us, how can they teach us?” Through immersive and interactive art installations, he collaborates with scientists and researchers to bring their findings to life.

From demonstrating the impact of one cigarette butt on water pollution to turning “human beings into plastic beings,” Thijs’ art is moving, impactful, and urges us to observe science through a new lens. When science and art unite, facts speak loud and clear. Watch Thijs’ Talk, “Bringing facts to life through ecological art”, to experience the impact of ecological art in shaping our consciousness of climate change.

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