ADVERTISEMENTThe encounter was part of The Herd, a global public art project using giant animal puppets to symbolise wildlife displaced by climate change.
Created in collaboration with students from Wimbledon College of Arts, the puppets are touring cities worldwide to raise awareness about environmental issues. Their London stop will see them appear in locations including London Bridge, Soho, and Camden.
“Through theatre, we can engage with the major issues of the day. We’re looking particularly for a way in which this very, central event in our lives, climate change, can be expressed not in scientific terms,” David Lan, one of the producers behind The Herds, tells Euronews Culture.
He adds: “What we think we might be able to do is allow people to engage emotionally with what is already happening all over.”
Amir Nizar Zuabi, the artistic director of the project, who also worked on The Walk, agrees with this sentiment.
He notes: “I don’t know if what we add to the conversation will change the world. Most probably it won’t. Doesn’t matter. It’s worth trying. But the idea of creating a project that deals with climate change from an emotional stance, from a sensory experience and not from, ‘This is the science’.”
Check out footage of the encounter in the video above.
