![]() Pipilotti Rist: Big Heartedness, Be My Neighbor is the first West Coast survey of the internationally renowned Swiss media artist. In this vein, many of the materials used by the museum for sustainability planning and audits will be posted publicly on its website. A museum goal is to participate in capacity building at Los Angeles peer institutions through resource sharing. MOCA joined the Gallery Climate Coalition (GCC), a non-profit organization founded to help the art world reduce its impact on the climate and to develop a meaningful, industry-specific response to the growing climate crisis, and supported the formation of a GCC LA chapter. MOCA is focusing on employee-led sustainability, recognizing that the museum staff will be the biggest asset in advancing sustainability in the museum practice with contracts with Art to Zero and Ki Futures in 2021. In 20, the museum worked, supported and/or sustained dialogues with Barder.art, Art to Zero, Gallery Climate Coalition, Galleries Commit, Art and Climate Action, Culture Declares Emergency, and Ki Futures. ![]() MOCA supports fellow initiatives that work with sustainability measures, capacity building, and museum policy ideas. The museum will publish an annual Environmental Sustainability Report on its website to share its progress. The real-time audit engages all available emissions data from travel, events, shipping, building materials and energy records since the museum’s inception and is a part of the museum’s net-zero commitment. In 2020, the museum began an institution-wide carbon audit with The Carbon Accounting Company based on the Greenhouse Gas Protocol to learn where reductions and improvements can be made. These renovations, led by Rosenberg + Associates, reduced electricity consumption by more than 50% and water use by 90% without varying temperature or humidity by more than 1% during the project. In 2017, MOCA modernized its HVAC system, replaced all lighting with LED fixtures, and installed a new Digital Energy Management System at the Grand Avenue location. MOCA also plans to expand access to public transport support for staff.Įnergy as a carbon reduction method has been a part of the museum’s historical sustainability actions. The museum is reviewing its operations, implementing sustainable and circular practices both internally and through the contractors engaged to reuse building and exhibition materials, employing climate-responsible shipping, reducing plastic in catering and retail spaces, and realizing recycling and waste reductions which includes supporting sustainable food practices and the adoption of organics recycling. To start, the museum is focusing on carbon reduction through infrastructure, aided by grants received from the Los Angeles Low Carbon Leaders Pilot Program (2021) to scope all reduction opportunities, and from the Frankenthaler Climate Initiative (2021) to support a shift to solar energy at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. The museum aims to draw down its historic carbon footprint, back to the museum’s founding in 1979, with the goal of negating historical carbon emissions by 2023. In 2021, MOCA made a net-zero carbon declaration and is proceeding with plans to cut its direct carbon emissions by more than 50% by 2030, in alignment with the Paris Agreement and with the Gallery Climate Coalition (GCC) and Partners for Arts Climate Targets (PACT) standards. The exhibition’s Climate Impact Report will be published on the sustainability platform Artists Commit. The Rist Studio offsets its studio practices and plans in a manner to lower air travel. ![]() What could not be reduced was assessed through a carbon audit and offset by the purchase of REDD+ carbon offsets targeting the protection of historic carbon stores. The museum collaborated with Rist to ensure an environmentally-responsible exhibition and achieve a low carbon footprint by sourcing local recycled material, shipping works by ocean containers, and serving a climate-conscious menu for the opening night dinner. ![]() The exhibition surveys more than thirty years of the Swiss artist’s work, encompassing early single-channel videos, large-scale installations, and a new audio-video installation made specifically for The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. Pipilotti Rist: Big Heartedness, Be My Neighbor opened at MOCA on Septemas the museum’s first net-zero exhibition. Pipilotti Rist: Big Heartendness, Be My Neighbor THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, LOS ANGELES SeptemJIntroduction ![]()
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