After 7 years of activist artwork campaigns in South East Asia, Splash and Burn, along with Greenpeace Malaysia and Studio Birthplace maintain polluters to account in defending our proper to wash air with legislative change.
After a year-long marketing campaign of artwork and activism, #hazestories culminated in an exhibition curated by Ernest Zacharevic in Kuala Lumpur at REXKL. Over 2 weeks, “Haze: Coming Quickly” welcomed over 6000 individuals in 10 days, gathering over 2000 signatures on our petition to demand accountability from main polluters. This petition might be introduced on the ASEAN transboundary haze assembly in Singapore subsequent month. The exhibition hosted artists filmmakers and activists all internet hosting academic and artistic workshops. Greenpeace additionally supported a sequence of panel discussions, moderated by Environmental activist Melissa Tan, uniting creatives and enviromentalists to debate the financial, social and environmental complexities across the haze.
“We need to encourage dialog and artistic intervention to encourage motion. Speaking with a buddy or member of the family or posting on socials is best than silence, we need to hold the difficulty current in order that these accountable are held to account.” Ernest Zcharevic
The exhibition featured the movie premiere of “Haze-zilla”, a satirical quick movie from Studio Birthplace addressing company greed and environmental destruction.
“We hope this movie will function a catalyst for change, inspiring viewers to talk up and demand a extra sustainable future.” Studio Birthplace
5 interventions have been executed by Splash and Burn artists this 12 months together with Ernest Zacharevic, political activist Fahmi Reza, avenue artist and illustrator Cloakwork and the collective Pangrok Sulap. The works helps a centered Malaysia-centric marketing campaign to implement new legal guidelines defending residents proper to wash air. Following a landmark grievance from Greenpeace with the Human Rights fee in December 2021 the venture seeks legislative change by means of the enactment of a Transboundary Haze Air pollution Act, or Clear Air Act to carry polluters to account.
The difficulty is now with consultants pending a overview that can concern new coverage suggestions to the Malaysian Authorities “As an alternative of blaming our neighbours, let’s concentrate on what we will do on our personal turf right here in Malaysia.” stated Heng, Greenpeace Malaysia’s lead campaigner. “We want a Transboundary Haze Air pollution Act in order that it may present authorized grounds to institutionalise checks and balances to make sure that Malaysian firms should not contributing to haze regionally and overseas”.
In 2021, the United Nations declared that clear air can be thought-about a primary human proper, annually in Malaysia this proper is violated by large enterprise, with no authorized pathways or options to carry polluters to account.
Try beneath to view “Haze-zilla”, a satirical quick movie from Studio Birthplace , and extra images from the exhibition.
“Haze: Coming Quickly” by Ernest Zacharevic in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
