Telling the link between climate change and migration to young people with the help of a group of artists. These are some of the elements of the outdoor contemporary circus show of the #ClimateOfChange, the communication campaign led by WeWorld, created to tell young people about the link between climate change and migration. The show, which toured Europe during the summer, will arrive in Italy for the first time. Appointment on 1 and 2 October in Milan, at the Carroponte of Sesto San Giovanni (Mi), on the occasion of the pre Cop26. Pre COP26 brings together climate and energy ministers from various countries to discuss some key political aspects of the negotiations and to deepen key negotiating issues that will be addressed at COP26. Italy will host pre Cop26 at the Milan Congress Center, Mico, from 30 September to 2 October 2021.
The environmental crisis is a social crisis
“The environmental crisis is a social crisis,” said Natalia Lupi, WeWorld’s European campaign coordinator. «We decided to use art as a communication tool because it is essential to interpret with new languages what is often very complex to understand. Climate change has a strong impact on all communities, especially those that least contribute to determining them ».
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A symbolic context to reflect
A show that starts from real and representative stories of global phenomena to create a scenic game, with the artists on stage who symbolically represent the variety of climatic disasters taking place on the Planet, impersonating entire populations brought to their knees by floods, melting of the Arctic permafrost, desertification and fires. On stage there is also a corner that portrays the happy European island. Protagonists are the artists of the Magda Clan with the participation of the Flic Circus School. The artists aim to involve the public and to tell how much our actions have an impact on a global level. “We want to create a symbolic context – explained the set designer Francesco Fassone – in which the public recognizes his daily life and invites him to reflect on how to accept, ignore or fight the condition for which we treat anything as if it were a commodity, organizing the our world on ruthless economic rules that are generating major problems related to climate change ».
Activities with the local community are planned
The #ClimateOfChange tour is not limited to just the contemporary circus show but various participatory activities are planned with the local community, realized thanks to the collaboration with local circus schools led by the Flic Scuola di Circo. These include the initiative carried out with circus schools to “change the head” of young Europeans; on 29 and 30 September, in fact, a “barber circus shop” will be set up in Largo La Foppa in Milan in which various hair stylists will not limit themselves to a change of look but will also offer a “change of mentality” to boys and girls. girls who will receive a free hairstyle or cut, while being involved in a conversation about migration and climate change. “For this tour we have woven a network of relationships with circus schools all over Europe to involve, always in safety, as many people as possible”, underlined Matteo Lo Prete, director of Flic. «#ClimateOfChange is a wonderful challenge for the contemporary circus. Its complete language – explains Lo Prete – combines dramaturgy and technique, is universal and knows how to communicate with young people. Of course the concepts will pass through metaphors, which at times are more effective than many words ».