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Melting Metropolis
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Wellcome-funded project on histories of heat in London, New York and Paris. Based at Uni of Liverpool and Queens College, CUNY.

https://www.meltingmetropolis.com/
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Op-ed piece from team members Kara Schlichting and Selassie Mawuko:

Does NYC need a heat czar?

citylimits.org/opinion-its-...

TLDR: yes!

Essential reading in @citylimitsnews.bsky.social given the high the temperatures #NYC has experienced this summer

#heatwave

📷 LoC
Children escape the heat of the East Side New York by using fire hydrant as a shower bath
July 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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FREE tickets are still available for Stand of the Sun: A solstice ritual for the melting metropolis, directed by Bryony Ella, with music from Bumi Thomas and choreography from Antoine Marc

8-9.45pm, 21 June 2025

Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham, TW1 3BL

www.ticketsource.co.uk/richmond-art...
June 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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☀️Come to a FREE Melting Metropolis event at Orleans House Gallery on #Summer #Solstice 21 June 2025: Stand of the Sun ☀️

Art, music and dance, with Bryony Ella, Bumi Thomas and Antoine Marc

Booking essential:

www.ticketsource.co.uk/richmond-art...

#climatecrisis #londonart
Photo of Antoine Marc and Bumi Thomas with Bryony Ella's artwork My Body is a Sundail
May 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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We’re seeking a documentary filmmaker to join our Community Storytelling Partnership. Co-create with six community partner organisations and four storytellers across London and New York.

Deadline: 25/04/25

drive.google.com/file/d/1Ava6...

#FilmmakerCall #ClimateJustice #DocumentaryFilmmaker
Drawing by Elly Bazigos depicting the Melting Metropolis Communtiy Story-Telling Partnership in London and New York
April 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM