Justin Brice
Justin Brice Guariglia draws inspiration from the relationship between humans and the natural world in his sculptures, photographs, and installation pieces. He has been part of a number of solo shows as well as group shows, and among many other achievements, Brice was named a Distinguished Climate Fellow and Special Envoy to the Ecological Crisis Pratt School of Art and Architecture and Urban Design.
Brice’s Reduce Speed Now! utilizes solar powered LED traffic signs to call attention to the issue of climate change and the current state of human existence being the root of the issue. Various voices are amplified and are forced to be reckoned with because of the sheer size, illumination, and unconventional location of these signs. They all include quotes from environmental activists, theorists, indigenous elders, and poets across the globe including Greta Thunberg, Timothy Morton, Marian Womack, Zadie Smith, Craig Santos Perez, and many others.
Reduce Speed Now!, 2019.
10 solar powered LED highway message boards, Text
Text: Justin Brice Guariglia, Greta Thunberg, Marian Womack, Zadie Smith, Craig Santos Perez, Bruno Latour, Timothy Morton, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner & Aka Niviana,, public contributions, 12 indigenous elders (Kgao Qamme & Kgamxoo Tixhao (Botswana); Floriza Da Cruz Pinto (Brazil); Lyudmila Khomovna (Siberia); Atome Ribenga (Gabon); Mamo Evangelista Mojica (Colombia); Barbara Gibson-Thorbe (Australia); Rita Blumenstein and Marie Meade (Alaska); Aoki Hiroyuki (Japan); Julieta Casimiro (Mexico); Aama Bombo (Nepal))
Somerset House, London, UK
Karishma Rafferty, Curator: Public Realm & Partnerships at Somerset House Trust
April 16th – 29th, 2019
