Flying “From Here to the Southern Peak” with Vegan Flava

“The glacier has melted by about one meter annually since the turn of the millennium,” says Swedish street artist Vegan Flava. In fact, he says, the southern peak was Sweden’s highest mountain until two years ago as the 40 meter thick glacier continues to melt due the warming of the atmosphere. Now it is lower than the northern peak.

How fortunes change.

Vegan Flava. From Here to the southern peak. Artscape Form Festival. Linköping, Sweden. (photo © Vegan Flava)

Today we are looking at the artists’ newest mural in Linköping, the title of which references this specific melting occurence “From Here to the Southern Peak.”

The circuitous artist mind imagines a bird from the roots of a blue corn flower in the Swedish province of Östergötland, and this painter meditates on the birds’ flight over rooftops up to the Southern Peak.

Vegan Flava. From Here to the southern peak. Artscape Form Festival. Linköping, Sweden. (photo © Vegan Flava)

Vegan Flava’s interconnectedness of themes reminds us that one vital life system is affected by and often dependent upon the next. “Everything we humans build and live from depends on a stable climate,” Vegan Flava says, “like our water supply, agriculture, infrastructure and healthcare.”

Vegan Flava. From Here to the southern peak. Artscape Form Festival. Linköping, Sweden. (photo © Vegan Flava)
Vegan Flava. From Here to the southern peak. Artscape Form Festival. Linköping, Sweden. (photo © Vegan Flava)
Vegan Flava. From Here to the southern peak. Artscape Form Festival. Linköping, Sweden. (photo © Vegan Flava)
Vegan Flava. From Here to the southern peak. Artscape Form Festival. Linköping, Sweden. (photo © Fredrik Åkerberg)
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