On the occasion of the German Presidency of the Council of the EU, A new artistic project is giving children a way to express their views on environmental issues and make themselves heard by the powers that be. In the second of two articles, Laura Swale talks once again with the man behind Earth Speakr, UN Goodwill Ambassador and world-renowned artist, Olafur Eliasson, about the environmental cause, his hopes for Earth Speakr and his thoughts on the situation in Malta.
Artist Olafur Eliasson.
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.
