Laura Swale talks to Olafur Eliasson about his latest project

Video interview
Written By Laura Swale

A new artistic project has been launched, which uses animation and augmented reality to give children a creative and fun way to talk to adults about environmental issues. In the first of two articles for the Times of Malta, Laura Swale meets the man behind Earth Speakr, UN Goodwill Ambassador and superstar of the art world, Olafur Eliasson, to talk about using art to address important issues, and to ask... if children have something to say, are we going to listen?

Click here to read the full TImes of Malta article

Laura Swale

Laura is a visual artist, writer and entrepreneur from the UK, with a background in arts education, cultural event-planning and curatorial work. She is the founder of Allura, a multi-award-winning arts organisation based in Malta, established to showcase creative talent and bring it to a global audience. Laura writes visual Arts and cultural content for the Times of Malta and the Malta Independent, she is a judge on the panels of several art prizes and a regular guest speaker at the University of Malta. Formerly a secondary school art teacher and head of department of fifteen years, she is also a practising artist, regularly exhibiting and selling her work.

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