Islands are very specific territories: surrounded by water, their ecology is affected by both terrestrial and maritime issues. Today, climate change and global warmingare affecting islands in two dichotomous ways. On one hand, rising water levels threaten to make some islands disappear and open new sea routes such as the North-West passage, while on the other hand, new islands are appearing. Among the issues that Drifting Islands would like to address are questions such as:

What are the artworks that are addressing those issues, and how?

How do people from different geographic zones, living on islands, relate to those trends?

How different are the issues in Iceland, say, or the Mediterranean and Pacific?

Drifting Islands is a joint discussion organised by transmediale.09, 'Letterkenny Regional Cultural Centre' and Leonardo/Olats 'Lovely Weather' project.

To take part in the online discussion, please subscribe to the Yasmin Arts and Science Network list at: media.uoa.gr/yasmin