{"id":3124,"date":"2021-06-30T13:31:11","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T12:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writersrebel.com\/?p=3124"},"modified":"2021-07-05T13:34:38","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T12:34:38","slug":"ackroyd-harveys-painttheland-launch-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersrebel.com\/ackroyd-harveys-painttheland-launch-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"<span>Ackroyd &#038; Harvey&#8217;s #PaintTheLand launch speech<\/span><span>Heather Ackroyd &amp; Dan Harvey <\/span>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Co-founders of Culture Declares and renowned artist-activists, Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey spoke at Writers Rebel\u2019s Paint the Land launch 25.06.21. Within their speech, Ackroyd &amp; Harvey describe the quiet miracle of grass.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zFqruhWrAMU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ackroyd &amp; Harvey created a 16x4m living grass banner that was floated on the Thames at Bankside Beach on Friday 25<sup>th<\/sup> June 2021.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3111\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3111\" style=\"width: 693px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-3111\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writersrebel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_8851-2.jpg?resize=640%2C427\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writersrebel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_8851-2-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writersrebel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_8851-2-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writersrebel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_8851-2-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writersrebel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_8851-2-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writersrebel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_8851-2-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writersrebel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_8851-2-scaled.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writersrebel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_8851-2-scaled.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3111\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: XR SE Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This marked the beginning of our Paint the Land project. In the lead up to COP-26, Writers Rebel is collaborating with leading artists and writers to create landscape graffitos that urge world leaders to ACT NOW in the face of climate catastrophe.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Call to Action:<\/strong> We are encouraging groups across the world to do the same. For information on how to paint the land read <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1GDJaVfdsMe-jkih78YcVJeHa2_xGD5WZDgv466LU1hA\/edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ackroyd &amp; Harvey<\/strong> create multi-disciplinary works that intersect art, activism, biology, ecology and history. Processes of germination, growth and decay, feature in artworks that evolve through extended research in response to people and place. They have exhibited\u00a0extensively in contemporary art galleries, museums, public spaces and sites of special interest. \u00a0Ackroyd &amp; Harvey are currently exhibiting\u00a0<em>Beuys\u2019 Acorns <\/em>on the South Terrace at Tate Modern. In 2019, they co-founded Culture Declares Emergency in response to the climate and ecological emergency, a movement that now numbers over 1,500 individuals and organisations. <a href=\"http:\/\/ackroydandharvey.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ackroydandharvey.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Co-founders of Culture Declares and renowned artist-activists, Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey spoke at Writers Rebel\u2019s Paint the Land launch 25.06.21. 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