The art installation also includes actors playing scientists.
Almost without exception, activists appear around climate meetings who want to pressure the participants into stricter decisions.
At the UN international climate meeting (COP29) that started in Baku, Azerbaijan on Monday, a more spectacular statement appeared: a sperm whale carcass in very good condition “washed ashore” in the Caspian Sea.
Sperm whales don’t actually occur in the Caspian Sea, but they do art installationwhich is behind the Captain Boomer Collective, a group of Belgian artists and researchers.
The Kaskelotti play has previously toured cities in Europe and Australia. Its purpose is to arouse thoughts about human-caused loss of nature.
Molds made from real whales have been used for the piece. It also smells: buckets of rotting fish are hidden around. The 15-meter-long work also includes artificial blood and wounds made on the whale’s carcass.
The installation also includes actors portraying scientists who, among other things, take samples from sperm whales. The actors also share information about sperm whales with the audience.
CNN’s grouping together, it took two weeks to move the work through Europe, Turkey and Georgia to Azerbaijan. Permission was obtained from the authorities to erect the work, and it is intended to be on display throughout the climate meeting.
Azerbaijan, the host country of the meeting, has been criticized for human rights violations and plans to increase its oil and gas production.
Among other things, a climate activist Greta Thunberg No agreed to to come to the meeting on the spot, because he considers it a green carpet. Demanding a ceasefire in Gaza has also been seen in Baku protests.
According to the sources of the meeting, the negotiations have started in a contentious manner.