Research Vessel – Grigory Mikheev Set List Notes Media

Details

Date
September 25, 2008
Venue
Research Vessel – Grigory Mikheev Disko Bay, Greenland
Billed As
Cape Farewell Disko Bay Expedition
Gig Type
Promotional
Guests
Laurie Anderson, Jarvis Cocker, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Feist, Robyn Hitchcock, Michèle Noach and others

Notes

The whole expedition ran from 25 September–6 October 2008
Info from Cape Farewell website
Musicians Laurie Anderson, Vanessa Carlton, Jarvis Cocker, Feist, Robyn Hitchcock, Ryuichi Sakamoto, KT Tunstall, Martha Wainwright, Luke Bullen, Beatboxer Shlomo, Composer Jonathan Dove, Comedian Marcus Brigstocke, theatre makers Mojisola Adebayo, Suzan-Lori Parks, artists Kathy Barber, David Buckland, Sophie Calle, Sam Collins, Jude Kelly, Michèle Noach, Tracey Rowledge, Julian Stair, Chris Wainwright, architects Francesca Galeazzi, Sunand Prasad, poet Lemn Sissay, photographer Nathan Gallagher, BBC presenter Quentin Cooper, Joe Smith from the Open University, activist David Noble, media executive Lori Majewski and film director Peter Gilbert join oceanographers Simon Boxall, Emily Venables and geoscientist Carol Cotterill for a journey to the Arctic and the frontline of climate change.

The ambition of Cape Farewell’s seventh expedition is to inspire the creative team to respond to climate change both in the Arctic and on their return. In September 2008 these artists, scientists, architects, comedians, musicians, playwrights, composers, engineers, film-makers and journalists journey aboard the science research vessel – Grigory Mikheev, from Kangerlussuaq to Disko Bay. The boat will then voyage across the front of the Jakobshavn Glacier, one of Greenland’s largest glaciers moving at a faster rate than ever before, losing 20 million tons of ice every day.

Robyn's blog entries from the expedition

Media

Documentary made of the expedition
Performance of 'There Goes the Ice' with film from the expedition