The University of Kentucky College of Design is partnering with New York-based nonprofit organization The World Around (TWA) to present TWA's first exhibition, Life On Earth from Jan. 24 through March 14 on display in the Gray Design Building's first-floor gallery.
The Life On Earth exhibition explores human civilization from a planetary perspective, examining the architectural and design systems that have shaped the last 50 years while highlighting their environmental and social consequences. Through video dispatches by 18 global experts and stories from The World Around's Young Climate Prize, the exhibition showcases design's role in addressing the climate crisis, featuring on-the-ground perspectives from diverse locations like Kenya's Great Rift Valley and Argentina's salt flats. Celebrating intergenerational collaboration, it emphasizes the urgent need for collective action and invites viewers to reflect on the transformative potential of architecture in the Anthropocene.
