Events
Ode to the Oceans
On Valentine’s evening in 2022, Platform Earth, held the cultural programme ‘Ode To The Oceans’ with Superblue at The Royal Academy of Arts.
The programme brought together a coalition of artists, actors and environmental change makers including Jude Law and Emma Corrin, the writer and poet Ben Okri, astronaut Nicole Stott and executive producer of the End of the Line, Chris Gorell Barnes, as well as artists Shezad Dawood, Marina Abramovic, Jake Chapman and Rachel Whiteread amongst others - all to inspire support for UK marine carbon capture.
The evening saw ocean inspired readings and music by Sam Lee, alongside immersive art by A.A Murakami and the sale of the latest series of CARBON Air Ink artist commissions by 28 leading contemporary artists. This was followed by an 80-person dinner at The Arts Club during which guests made pledges and participated in an auction. All funds raised benefited carbon sequestration through ecosystem restoration of kelp forests off the Sussex Coast.
Exhibiting Artists
Marina Abramovic | Jake Chapman
Charlotte Colbert | Philip Colbert
Nigel Cooke | Keith Coventry
Daniel Crews-Chubb | Shezad Dawood
Rachel Howard | Wolfe von Lenkiewicz
Alastair and Fleur Mackie | Ben Okri
Caroline Mazzolari | Kate MccGwire
Haroon Mirza | A.A. Murakami
Rosemary Clunie | Cornelia Parker
Emilie Pugh | Petroc Sesti
Conrad Shawcross | Nicole Stott
Wolfe von Lenkiewicz | Sue Webster
Alison Wilding | Rachel Whiteread
Frieze London 2021
At Frieze 2021, as environmental partner to the fair, Platform Earth launched the exhibition ‘CARBON’. The exhibition doubled as a fundraiser for our start-up charity, and was a huge success, seeing 80% of all works sold.
Platform Earth booth showcased donated and consigned sculptural works from prominent artists and our landmark CARBON collection comprising of original artworks made with recycled air pollution. The exhibition sales went towards environmental initiatives to restore the marine habitats along the Sussex Coast. This project helps to unlock the huge potential for carbon capture on the British Coast. Being one of the most high profile and well attended events in the international art calendar, Frieze provided Platform Earth with an invaluable opportunity to engage artists, gallerists and collectors in our vision of restoring the UK’s largest marine protected area.
Exhibiting Artists
Marina Abramovic | Charlotte Colbert
Philip Colbert | Nigel Cooke
Keith Coventry | Daniel Crews-Chubb
Hugo Dalton | Shezad Dawood
Tracey Emin | Wolfe von Lenkiewicz
Sir Antony Gormley | Brian Eno
Alastair & Fleur Mackie | Tim Noble
Haroon Mirza | Caroline Mazzolari
Ben Okri | Rosemary Clunie
Emilie Pugh | Petroc Sesti
Conrad Shawcross | Nicole Stott
Gavin Turk | Keith Tyson
Sue Webster | Alison Wilding
Emily Young