There’s an Elephant in the Room - Johannes-Harm Hovinga
- Chris Walsh
- Jul 26, 2024
- 1 min read
A saying in English is "there is an elephant in the room". It means there is a huge problem, but no one is talking about it. A Dutch artist uses this as the title for his current art project. The elephant in the room is climate change.
He is sits down to punch holes in a UN climate report. It is 7705 pages. He printed it on colourful paper so that as he punches holes he creates many colourful small round circles of paper. They pile up around him as he works. He doesn't speak. He doesn't eat. He just drinks water and takes breaks to go to the bathroom.
It takes 20 days. 120 hours in total. His back, wrists, neck and elbows started to hurt after the second day and he later started to take painkillers.
What do you think? Does it make you think?
For more information:
The artist's Instagram:
there is an elephant in the room: 部屋に像がいる (誰も語らない大きな問題)
huge: とても大きい
Dutch: オランダの
current: 現在の
climate change: 気候変動
hole punch: パンチは、書類等の紙を穿孔する（穴を開ける）ための文房具 (wikipedia)
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