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The exhibition "Song of the Glacier", dedicated to the issues of melting glaciers and climate change, will open on May 29 in the Botanical Garden of Dushanbe as part of the International High-Level Conference on Glacier Conservation. This was reported by NIAT "Khovar" with reference to the Secretariat of the conference.
The exhibition is an artistic interpretation of scientific data on glaciers. The title "Glacier Song" refers to the cultural tradition of Central Asian countries to mourn the passing of glaciers and emphasizes the connection between nature and man. The exhibition is interactive and includes multimedia and contemporary artistic elements.
It is structured around three main lines: from regions to countries, from countries to places and from places to people. The exhibition symbolizes the various memories of glaciers – huge masses (the noise of the wind, voices, sounds of time, air bubbles, traces of catastrophes, changes in the planet and climate cycles). Thus, the loss of glaciers is perceived as a loss of knowledge about the world, our nature and the planet. The glacier preserves the past, with its disappearance we lose knowledge about our planet. In terms of the main message, the exhibition does not focus on the horrors of glacier melting, but rather on the positive processes that society could contribute to slow down the ecological catastrophe. The viewer travels through the exhibition using their senses of sight, touch and hearing.
The exhibition aims to positively influence people's attitudes towards the problems of glacier disappearance, to seek social support and engagement through rethinking the narrative of memory of countries, places and individuals among young people. Synergetic scientific, documentary and artistic processes will contribute to raising awareness of glacier melting and human actions.
The exhibition is expected to become part of the cultural program of the International Conference on Glacier Conservation, which will be held from May 29 to 31 in Dushanbe. The conference is being held within the framework of the International Year of Glacier Conservation, declared on the initiative of the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon and supported by more than 150 UN member states at the 77th session of the General Assembly.
