Launch of TippingPoint Commissions disrupted by the weather, but goes ahead anyhow

The performance-based arts and climate change organisation TippingPoint were forced to call off the launch of their innovative initiative TippingPoint Commissions 48 hours after they'd announced that government Climate Change Minister Ed Miliband would be attending.

Just hours before the event, Angela McSherry and Peter Gingold of TippingPoint cancelled the official launch because the snow made travel impossible for so many of the guests.

The cancellation didn't affect the launch of the scheme, which was announced yesterday, February 2. Professional artists are challenged to create a new piece of performance work "in the context of climate change."

They write: "The theme of climate change is intended to provide a stimulus and a springboard for the commissions. Artists are invited to submit projects that stimulate audiences towards the radical and imaginative thinking necessary to comprehend a world dominated by climate change. We are not looking for a didactic exposition of the subject.  Rather, we are seeking proposals that offer creative reflections on a world that is rapidly changing and on humanity’s role and responsibilities within it. 

"Proposals can be made by practitioners of any performance discipline, as individuals or groups, by artists on their own or together with partners or producers.