Winter is Alive premiere

Nothing like watching the film premiere of a winter festival outdoor one of the hottest days ever on record in May. Winter is Alive - a short film about the 2021 festival of the same name expertly combines so many voices, art installations, virtual panels all discussing the climate crisis but also what it means to savor winters that are melting away.

This premiere was such a great ending to a night celebrating community, orgs and individuals creating opportunities for us to connect during the pandemic. It's such a privilege to see so much love in one spot and congratulations to all 20 silver lining award winners, including Tamsie Ringler / Winter is Alive !!!

Extremely grateful to have been nominated for an award and to create such a meaningful installation for Winter is Alive. There are many people to thank for this opportunity, for their belief in my work ( community +art) and to be included in this stellar film.

It would be hard to name them all but I'll mention a few here because without them Siphonophore Pledge wouldn't exist as it did

My Mom, my family, Tamsie Ringler, Jennifer Bastian, Karin Wolf, Bethany Jurewicz, Garver Events, Madison Arts Commission, Dane Arts, all the other artists ( special shout out to Carlee Latimer- I see you and appreciate all the unseen work you do friend!! ) / participants/ jurors , Heidi Johnson, April Sopkin and all her art students, pledge takers, cord donaters, supportive friends and Aaron Granat/ Gracie Wallner for such a lovely interconnected documentary about Winter is Alive

Love to all of you!

I promise to share the film with you soon!

Winter is Alive- sneak peek still

So excited to see the premier of " Winter is Alive" this Thursday at 9:30pm on the Garver patio following the Silver Lining Awards. What an experience it will be seeing footage taken at sub zero temps while it will be the warmest day of the year so far ( 90)

@adgranat and @graciewallner we're such a pleasure to work with, they were with us artists during sub zero installations and recorded in depth interviews. I can't wait to see how it all intertwines together!

On another note: I'm very humbled that the @madisonbubbler
Nominated me for a silver lining award for my role as volunteer shop manager at @communicationmadison

I'll be at the awards to support all the nominees and winners. 🥂🎉

Reposted from @tonemsn 🎞 Grant Phipps previews a new short documentary, "Winter Is Alive," on 2021's citywide cooler world carnival, set to premiere after the Silver Lining Awards at Garver Feed Mill this Thursday, May 12, at 9:30 p.m. The film will be projected on the wall of the venue's outside patio.
Co-directors Aaron Granat and Gracie Wallner spoke with Phipps about making the doc, their working relationship, and more. ❄️
tonemadison.com/film

"Although 'Winter Is Alive' is a commissioned and ultimately edifying work, both Granat and Wallner were a bit humbled and inspired by the project’s unraveling interconnectivity, poetically pondering moments of creative breakthrough as well as trauma. Wallner says, 'The project is artists and activists and scientists all coming together to make change. It’s easy to be pessimistic about it on a broad scale. But when you think of it as reaching out and helping someone in the moment, [when] everyone is doing that, that’s where we can make the change'."

All images from "Winter Is Alive"

Winter is Alive film

Over a year ago in the Winter of 2021 I participated in Winter is Alive-: a cooler world festival with art installations all over Madison, music, panel talks and virtual content available all over the world.

As part of this festival @adgranat
And @graciewallner shadowed artists during the creation and installation process in sub- zero temps and interviewed people involved with the festival for this film.

Swipe to see a preview, which already made me cry. It's such a privilege to be doing this work alongside so much other powerful art and advocacy for our communities. Can't wait to see the final version following the silver lining awards at Garver Feed Mill on May 12. More details below:

Reposted from @adgranat FILM PREMIERE ** MAY 12, 9:30 PM, GARVER FEED MILL** FREE SCREENING

@graciewallner and I are excited to premiere our new documentary, “Winter is Alive!” On May 12, 9:30 PM at @garverfeedmill (@garverevents) in conjunction with the Sliver Lining Awards.

@winterisalive2021 @uwmadisonarts @smeretactics @jeremylwineberg @tetrapakman @adriana_barrios_art @ian.van.d @ddwych @karinlwolf @visual_edible_audible

A Year ago...

A year ago this SIPHONOPHORE was installed for Winter is Alive- A world wide festival dedicated to climate action.​​​​​​​​
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The week I installed last year had sub zero temps and I had to stop a few times because I couldn't feel my hands. ​​​​​​​​
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A couple weeks after installation all the snow was gone and it was so warm that the installations on Madison lakes had to be taken down nearly 2 weeks earlier than planned​​​​​​​​
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Comparatively this year and today in particular it's nearly 50 degrees more than it was at this time last year. In the past decade in February there have been 70 degree days. While many Midwesterners rejoice during warm temps in the middle of winter, I find it alarming.​​​​​​​​
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This SIPHONOPHORE represents our hopes, our collective and individual actions and how they all work together. The actions we take as individuals matter. Things worth doing require time, patience and love.​​​​​​​​
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I do believe that individual action can drive change. In siphonophores, individual organisms join together to form a colonial organism in order to survive. ​​​​​​​​
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Climate action is a siphonophore, we are dependent on each other to feed the movement that ensures not only our survival but also all other life on this planet. ​​​​​​​​
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I believe the oceans are where life originated and the preservation of the oceans also maintains balance for all life on this blue marble. ​​​​​​​​
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Part of my climate action as an artist is in presenting what is contained in the blue of our marble and deep sea creatures in particular. These creatures aren't visible to us, we know relatively nothing about them and yet they're responsible for a large portion of the oxygen we breathe, for sinking tons of carbon and much else we don't even know we don't know. By better understanding them we come to know ourselves. ​​​​​​​​