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Picture from the Tulun project distributed via GO-CARD at 400 Cafés in Denmark. The postcards are free and availeble between 17 - 24 September.

The pictures from Tulun were taken during January 2009 and will be supplemented with material from a second visit to the islands in the near future. The full length photo essay will be published here on the site after two screenings at Bright Green in connection with the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. Screenings 12 - 13 December 2009  Forum Copenhagen  Julius Thomsens Plads 1  Frederiksberg C

25 million people will be on the move in the coming decades as a result of climate change according to the UN . The Tulun Atoll (also known as Kilinailau or Carteret islands/atoll) in Melanesia is one of the first sources. Within few generations the sea is expected to have submerged the six tiny islands forcing the 1500 islanders to search for new land. 400 years of peaceful existence for the Tulun community is seeing an end and a new life in the money driven world awaits them. The pictures in this video show the time after the December 2008 flooding.

Published in

Berlingske Tidende (DK)
Information (DK)
Ekstra Bladet (DK)

Screenings / cinematic presentations

2009   “Tulun: A Case Study”,  Bright Green,  Forum,  Copenhagen 

Exhibitions

2009   “Tulun: A Case Study”, Postcards distributed via GoCard at 400 cafés in Denmark



Still pictures from Tulun are found in the portfolio