Project Pressure

Project Pressure was founded by Danish explorer and photographer Klaus Thymann in 2008. Since then{{cite web |url=https://lighthouse-foundation.org/en/International-Project-Pressure.htm|title=International: Project Pressure |website=lighthouse-foundation.org}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/feature/esnt/2020/the-anatomy-of-glacial-ice-loss

|title=The Anatomy of Glacial Ice Loss|first=Jessica |last=Merzdorf |date=November 3, 2020|website=NASA}} they have also focused on humanitarian issues.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/glaciers-retreat-humanitarian-crisis-b1837772.html|title=Rapid retreat of glaciers leading world towards 'humanitarian crisis', says top scientist|date=April 27, 2021 |website=The Independent}}

In 2015 The Guardian cited a book titled ‘ This Changes Everything' that contrasted a sense of helplessness compared to small amounts of "behavioral changes" that cumulatively make a difference. {{cite news |newspaper=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/nov/10/meltdown-visualizing-climate-change-project-pressure-glaciers-photography|title=Meltdown: chilling proof of global heating|author=Sean O'Hagan |date=November 10, 2019 |access-date=August 1, 2024}}

Additionally, Project Pressure functions as a content provider for existing partners, communicating on multiple platforms. This includes well-established relationships with progressive governments, museums and cultural organizations, the global mass media, and other public bodies and grassroots organizations such as Fridays For Future.{{Cite web |url=https://d32c5ymeyex8q.cloudfront.net/collaborations/hasselblad-x-project-pressure/ |title=Hasselblad X Project Pressure |website=www.hasselblad.com}}

Photographer and fisherman Corey Arnold travelled around the Arctic Archipelago of Svalbard aboard the Polish supply ship Horyzont. Arnold's long periods at sea are evident in his work as it reflects on the interconnectivity between the natural world, the sea, and tidal glaciers. {{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2018/mar/28/vanishing-glaciers-by-project-pressure-in-pictures|title=Vanishing Glaciers by Project Pressure - in pictures|newspaper=The Guardian |date=28 March 2018 }}

Michael Benson's work is focused on the intersection of art and science. He uses a variety of image-processing techniques to create composite images from raw data from planetary science archives.

Scott Conarroe's large format photos evoke romantic pictorial traditions while placing the landscape into a contemporary context. Conarroe studies the boundaries devised by Alpine nations, where borderlines are defined by glaciers. His work questions of territorial claim and geopolitical consequences.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gallery.ca/photo-blog/new-acquisition-scott-conarroe|title=New Acquisition: Scott Conarroe|website=www.gallery.ca}}

Noémie Goudal constructed a large-scale photographic installation printed on biodegradable paper that disintegrates when exposed to water. As the image dissolves, the artificial landscape can be viewed against its natural form, functioning as a reminder of the instability of the seemingly stable as well as a visualization of the accelerating transformations in nature.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2017/may/02/rhone-glacier-installation-by-noemie-goudal-in-pictures|title=Rhône glacier installation by Noémie Goudal – in pictures|newspaper=The Guardian |date=2 May 2017 }}

Simon Norfolk and Klaus Thymann address financial issues as driving forces behind human adaptation to the changing climate. The title, "Shroud", refers to the melting glacier under its death cloak. In addition, a thermal image time-lapse film was created, showing how glaciers compare to the surrounding landscape by only reacting to long-term temperature changes, as opposed to weather fluctuations. The project was featured in New Scientist{{Cite web|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/2180283-photography-heating-up-the-climate-campaign/|title=Photography: heating up the climate campaign|website=New Scientist}} and the Los Angeles Times.{{Cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-simon-norfolk-review-20190429-story.html

|title=Review: Simon Norfolk's traumatic photos capture a Swiss glacier on life support|website=Los Angeles Times | date=April 29, 2019 }}

In 2018, the first chapter of expeditions and content was completed. The work was gathered into the exhibition Meltdown – Visualizing Climate Change, which premiered at the Natural History Museum, Vienna in 2019.{{cite web | url=https://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/meltdown | title=Naturhistorisches Museum Wien - Exhibition detail }}

Meltdown is a travelling exhibition with interactive features. The target audience is younger people in education and the general public. During the first year of launch (until the COVID-19 pandemic), the venues attracted over 1.5 million visitors. Meltdown is to be shown at Jacopic Gallery,{{Cite web | url=https://mgml.si/en/jakopic-gallery/ | title=Jakopič Gallery • MGML }} Ljubljana from January to May 2022.{{Cite web |title=Meltdown: Visualizing Climate Change {{!}} Ljubljana |url=https://www.inyourpocket.com/ljubljana/meltdown-visualizing-climate-change_26804e |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=www.inyourpocket.com |language=en}}

As an example of the exhibition's interactive features, Project Pressure developed a carbon footprint calculator to encourage audience engagement.{{Cite web | url=https://climatehero.typeform.com/to/PzLFPN?typeform-source=www.project-pressure.org | title=Climate Hero English (Project Pressure) }} To learn how carbon-intense their lifestyle is, users answer a series of questions to get an estimate as well as recommendations for improvements to make in areas such as home, transport, energy, food, and Internet usage.

{{See also|Project Blinkenlights}}

In 2019, Project Pressure was responsible for Voices For The Future, an art piece projected and transmitted on the UN building in New York in the lead up to the UN Climate Action Summit. Voices For The Future showcased the voices of six young activists, including Greta Thunberg, commenting on the climate crisis and the urgent actions that need to be taken to minimize its consequences. The art piece was visualised by Joseph Michael, authored by Klaus Thymann, and soundtracked by musician and artist Brian Eno.{{Cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2019/sep/20/voices-for-the'-future-climate-activism-lights-up-the-un-headquarters-new-york-in-pictures | title=Voices for the Future: Climate activism lights up the UN – in pictures | newspaper=The Guardian | date=20 September 2019 }}

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