On April 26, 2023 six climate activists were arrested for blocking the entrance at the headquarters of global investment company KKR & Co. Inc., also known as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. in Manhattan, at a protest that shut down the building's front entrance. Protesters were demanding that the private equity giant stop funding fossil fuel projects that drive the climate crisis and poison the air and water of frontline communities. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Burden of The Beast by Walker Babington

from: New Orleans, LA

year: 2023

“Burden of The Beast,” is a fantastical folk art sculpture depicting a bison with a house at its torso. It symbolizes the task of relocating one’s intrinsic understanding of ‘home.’

Both the bison & the house are made with materials from New Orleans structures which have been destroyed by climate disasters, as though the pieces of a fallen home had the sentience and will to collect what could be salvaged, stand up, and head toward higher ground.

URL: www.instagram.com/sabatomstudios/

Contact: sabatomstudios@gmail.com

Dr. Katharine Wilkinson - Vice President of Communication & Engagement at Project Drawdown. CHOOSE US - Youth Climate Strike Demands Solutions And Action Now. A conversation with youth climate leaders, moderated by former Vice President and Climate Reality Project founder Al Gore, to learn how to move their demands forward with the urgency required by the global climate crisis held on September 23, 2019 at The New York Society for Ethical Culture. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

New York City Council Member Costa Constantinides. CHOOSE US - Youth Climate Strike Demands Solutions And Action Now. A conversation with youth climate leaders, moderated by former Vice President and Climate Reality Project founder Al Gore, to learn how to move their demands forward with the urgency required by the global climate crisis held on September 23, 2019 at The New York Society for Ethical Culture. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

In view of major steel industry executives from around the world at the New York Marriott Marquis in Times Square, climate advocates with Public Citizen and SteelWatch dropped a banner from the railings of the 7th floor that read âGreen Steel Nowâ with images of a burning Earth. Advocates also distributed green steel fact sheets to attendees during conference sessions. This follows the global launch of SteelWatch, the new climate watchdog for the steel industry which took place on Monday at the same venue. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On April 26, 2023 six climate activists were arrested for blocking the entrance at the headquarters of global investment company KKR & Co. Inc., also known as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. in Manhattan, at a protest that shut down the building's front entrance. Protesters were demanding that the private equity giant stop funding fossil fuel projects that drive the climate crisis and poison the air and water of frontline communities. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Jamie Margolin, Zero Hour Founder and Co-Executive Director. CHOOSE US - Youth Climate Strike Demands Solutions And Action Now. A conversation with youth climate leaders, moderated by former Vice President and Climate Reality Project founder Al Gore, to learn how to move their demands forward with the urgency required by the global climate crisis held on September 23, 2019 at The New York Society for Ethical Culture. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Local climate activists, working with the Insure Our Future Network, gathered outside Tokio Marine Headquarters in Manhattan on March 25, 2021 calling on insurance giant to stop underwriting and investing in fossil fuel projects driving catastrophic climate change. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Youth activists from Fridays For Future NYC, along with Peoples Climate Movement NY and many allied climate advocacy groups gathered at City Hall Park on September 24, 2021 for a march to Battery Park. Youth in New York City and across the globe led strikes as part of climate week, demanding urgent action on the climate crisis and calling on us all to #UprootTheSystem which has allowed imperialism, colonialism, racism and other systemic injustices to harm people around the world and dangerously warm the planet. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On April 26, 2023 six climate activists were arrested for blocking the entrance at the headquarters of global investment company KKR & Co. Inc., also known as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. in Manhattan, at a protest that shut down the building's front entrance. Protesters were demanding that the private equity giant stop funding fossil fuel projects that drive the climate crisis and poison the air and water of frontline communities. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Local climate activists, working with the Insure Our Future Network, gathered outside AIG Headquarters in Manhattan on May 12, 2021 during their annual shareholders meeting to demand that AIG take action on climate change. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On Sept 19, 2023 ahead of the Climate Ambition Summit in New York City, climate activists gathered for a rally and civil disobedience outside Bank of America Tower in Midtown Manhattan as part of the March to End Fossil Fuels wave of actions resulting in multiple arrests. Activists demand Bank of America to “Defund Climate Chaos and Defend Human Rights” (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Ahead of Mother's Day, dozens of mothers, caregivers and allies gathered at Citi’s headquarters in Tribeca on May 11, 2023 to perform a collection of moving songs calling on Citi’s CEO, Jane Fraser, to align Citi’s policies with the Paris Agreement, stop funding coal and phase out all fossil fuel financing. Participants also delivered a giant Mother’s Day bouquet and card for Jane Fraser to Chief Sustainability Officer Valerie Smith, who came down to meet the protesters. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On September 22, 2022 the Rainforest Action Network, Friends of the Earth U.S. and SumOfUs held a rally outside Colgate-Palmolive offices in NYC, where the Consumer Goods Forum's Forest Positive Coalition held a greenwashing corporate event during Climate Week NYC. The groups also supported similar actions outside BlackRock Headquarters and TIAA Headquarters to denounce their failure to meet commitments against deforestation. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Dr. Katharine Wilkinson - Vice President of Communication & Engagement at Project Drawdown. CHOOSE US - Youth Climate Strike Demands Solutions And Action Now. A conversation with youth climate leaders, moderated by former Vice President and Climate Reality Project founder Al Gore, to learn how to move their demands forward with the urgency required by the global climate crisis held on September 23, 2019 at The New York Society for Ethical Culture. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Dr. Katharine Wilkinson - Vice President of Communication & Engagement at Project Drawdown. CHOOSE US - Youth Climate Strike Demands Solutions And Action Now. A conversation with youth climate leaders, moderated by former Vice President and Climate Reality Project founder Al Gore, to learn how to move their demands forward with the urgency required by the global climate crisis held on September 23, 2019 at The New York Society for Ethical Culture. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Youth activists from Fridays For Future NYC, along with Peoples Climate Movement NY and many allied climate advocacy groups gathered at City Hall Park on September 24, 2021 for a march to Battery Park. Youth in New York City and across the globe led strikes as part of climate week, demanding urgent action on the climate crisis and calling on us all to #UprootTheSystem which has allowed imperialism, colonialism, racism and other systemic injustices to harm people around the world and dangerously warm the planet. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On February 27, 2024 climate activists marched down 6th Ave in Manhattan, stopping at AIG, Chubb, and Tokio Marine offices with a clear message: Insure Our Future, not fossil fuels. The demonstration comes just days after a report exposed the 35 different insurance companies supporting oil and gas projects across the U.S. Gulf South. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Ahead of Mother's Day, dozens of mothers, caregivers and allies gathered at Citi’s headquarters in Tribeca on May 11, 2023 to perform a collection of moving songs calling on Citi’s CEO, Jane Fraser, to align Citi’s policies with the Paris Agreement, stop funding coal and phase out all fossil fuel financing. Participants also delivered a giant Mother’s Day bouquet and card for Jane Fraser to Chief Sustainability Officer Valerie Smith, who came down to meet the protesters. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On February 27, 2024 climate activists marched down 6th Ave in Manhattan, stopping at AIG, Chubb, and Tokio Marine offices with a clear message: Insure Our Future, not fossil fuels. The demonstration comes just days after a report exposed the 35 different insurance companies supporting oil and gas projects across the U.S. Gulf South. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On September 22, 2022 the Rainforest Action Network, Friends of the Earth U.S. and SumOfUs held a rally outside Colgate-Palmolive offices in NYC, where the Consumer Goods Forum's Forest Positive Coalition held a greenwashing corporate event during Climate Week NYC. The groups also supported similar actions outside BlackRock Headquarters and TIAA Headquarters to denounce their failure to meet commitments against deforestation. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Former Vice President Al Gore. CHOOSE US - Youth Climate Strike Demands Solutions And Action Now. A conversation with youth climate leaders, moderated by former Vice President and Climate Reality Project founder Al Gore, to learn how to move their demands forward with the urgency required by the global climate crisis held on September 23, 2019 at The New York Society for Ethical Culture. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On May 16, 2023 Climate Activists with Dayenu, Jewish Climate Action, Third Act NYC and XRNYC held a rally outside JPMorgan Chase headquarters in Manhattan, delivering a petition demanding JPMorgan Chase to denounce, divest and defund Formosa Plastics toxic and racist petrochemical complex. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On Sept 19, 2023 ahead of the Climate Ambition Summit in New York City, climate activists gathered for a rally and civil disobedience outside Bank of America Tower in Midtown Manhattan as part of the March to End Fossil Fuels wave of actions resulting in multiple arrests. Activists demand Bank of America to “Defund Climate Chaos and Defend Human Rights”

PHOTO: Erik McGregor)

On Sept 19, 2023 ahead of the Climate Ambition Summit in New York City, climate activists gathered for a rally and civil disobedience outside Bank of America Tower in Midtown Manhattan as part of the March to End Fossil Fuels wave of actions resulting in multiple arrests. Activists demand Bank of America to “Defund Climate Chaos and Defend Human Rights”

PHOTO: Erik McGregor)

On April 26, 2023 six climate activists were arrested for blocking the entrance at the headquarters of global investment company KKR & Co. Inc., also known as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. in Manhattan, at a protest that shut down the building's front entrance. Protesters were demanding that the private equity giant stop funding fossil fuel projects that drive the climate crisis and poison the air and water of frontline communities. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Ahead of Mother's Day, dozens of mothers, caregivers and allies gathered at Citi’s headquarters in Tribeca on May 11, 2023 to perform a collection of moving songs calling on Citi’s CEO, Jane Fraser, to align Citi’s policies with the Paris Agreement, stop funding coal and phase out all fossil fuel financing. Participants also delivered a giant Mother’s Day bouquet and card for Jane Fraser to Chief Sustainability Officer Valerie Smith, who came down to meet the protesters. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On April 26, 2023 six climate activists were arrested for blocking the entrance at the headquarters of global investment company KKR & Co. Inc., also known as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. in Manhattan, at a protest that shut down the building's front entrance. Protesters were demanding that the private equity giant stop funding fossil fuel projects that drive the climate crisis and poison the air and water of frontline communities. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On Sept 19, 2023 ahead of the Climate Ambition Summit in New York City, climate activists gathered for a rally and civil disobedience outside Bank of America Tower in Midtown Manhattan as part of the March to End Fossil Fuels wave of actions resulting in multiple arrests. Activists demand Bank of America to “Defund Climate Chaos and Defend Human Rights”

PHOTO: Erik McGregor)

On February 27, 2024 climate activists marched down 6th Ave in Manhattan, stopping at AIG, Chubb, and Tokio Marine offices with a clear message: Insure Our Future, not fossil fuels. The demonstration comes just days after a report exposed the 35 different insurance companies supporting oil and gas projects across the U.S. Gulf South. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Ahead of Mother's Day, dozens of mothers, caregivers and allies gathered at Citi’s headquarters in Tribeca on May 11, 2023 to perform a collection of moving songs calling on Citi’s CEO, Jane Fraser, to align Citi’s policies with the Paris Agreement, stop funding coal and phase out all fossil fuel financing. Participants also delivered a giant Mother’s Day bouquet and card for Jane Fraser to Chief Sustainability Officer Valerie Smith, who came down to meet the protesters. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Youth activists from Fridays For Future NYC, along with Peoples Climate Movement NY and many allied climate advocacy groups gathered at City Hall Park on September 24, 2021 for a march to Battery Park. Youth in New York City and across the globe led strikes as part of climate week, demanding urgent action on the climate crisis and calling on us all to #UprootTheSystem which has allowed imperialism, colonialism, racism and other systemic injustices to harm people around the world and dangerously warm the planet. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On September 22, 2022 the Rainforest Action Network, Friends of the Earth U.S. and SumOfUs held a rally outside Colgate-Palmolive offices in NYC, where the Consumer Goods Forum's Forest Positive Coalition held a greenwashing corporate event during Climate Week NYC. The groups also supported similar actions outside BlackRock Headquarters and TIAA Headquarters to denounce their failure to meet commitments against deforestation. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

As part of Earth Week, activists from Rise and Resist, Truth Tuesdays and Extinction Rebellion gathered in the public space in front of Fox Headquarters in Manhattan on April 19, 2022 to protest the network's ongoing propagation of dangerous climate lies. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On Sept 19, 2023 ahead of the Climate Ambition Summit in New York City, climate activists gathered for a rally and civil disobedience outside Bank of America Tower in Midtown Manhattan as part of the March to End Fossil Fuels wave of actions resulting in multiple arrests. Activists demand Bank of America to “Defund Climate Chaos and Defend Human Rights”

PHOTO: Erik McGregor)

In view of major steel industry executives from around the world at the New York Marriott Marquis in Times Square, climate advocates with Public Citizen and SteelWatch dropped a banner from the railings of the 7th floor that read âGreen Steel Nowâ with images of a burning Earth. Advocates also distributed green steel fact sheets to attendees during conference sessions. This follows the global launch of SteelWatch, the new climate watchdog for the steel industry which took place on Monday at the same venue. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

A multi-faith assembly of religious leaders and lay people gathered on September 14, 2023 outside JPMorgan Chase headquarters in Manhattan peacefully and prayerfully protesting the financial giant’s ongoing investment in fossil fuel corporations that are actively destroying the earth. The demonstration was organized by GreenFaith as part of a global, multi-faith action – Faiths 4 Climate Justice. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On April 28, 2023 eleven Climate Activists were arrested after storming the barricades and pouring fake oil at BlackRock’s headquarters in Manhattan. Along with 75 other activists with pitchforks, they shut down the HQ entrance to demand that the company - the world’s largest investor in fossil fuels - end new investments in coal, oil and gas, in line with the basic scientific requirements of avoiding global climate catastrophe. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On February 27, 2024 climate activists marched down 6th Ave in Manhattan, stopping at AIG, Chubb, and Tokio Marine offices with a clear message: Insure Our Future, not fossil fuels. The demonstration comes just days after a report exposed the 35 different insurance companies supporting oil and gas projects across the U.S. Gulf South. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Local climate activists, working with the Insure Our Future Network, gathered outside AIG Headquarters in Manhattan on May 12, 2021 during their annual shareholders meeting to demand that AIG take action on climate change. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Youth activists from Fridays For Future NYC, along with Peoples Climate Movement NY and many allied climate advocacy groups gathered at City Hall Park on September 24, 2021 for a march to Battery Park. Youth in New York City and across the globe led strikes as part of climate week, demanding urgent action on the climate crisis and calling on us all to #UprootTheSystem which has allowed imperialism, colonialism, racism and other systemic injustices to harm people around the world and dangerously warm the planet. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

About 30 members of activist group Rise and Resist were arrested after disrupting "Business As Usual" at a Climate Emergency protest outside the Bloomberg Global Business Forum held at the Plaza Hotel at 59th Street and 5th Avenue on September 25, 2019, blocking traffic at the intersection to protest the continued investment in the carbon economy despite overwhelming scientific evidence that to do so endangers human survival. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

About 30 members of activist group Rise and Resist were arrested after disrupting "Business As Usual" at a Climate Emergency protest outside the Bloomberg Global Business Forum held at the Plaza Hotel at 59th Street and 5th Avenue on September 25, 2019, blocking traffic at the intersection to protest the continued investment in the carbon economy despite overwhelming scientific evidence that to do so endangers human survival. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Activists with Seeding Sovereignty and The Illuminator projected images on the side of KKR headquarters building in New York City on September 26, 2020 in support of the Black Lives Matter Movement and the Wet’suwet’en Nation in their opposition to a Coastal GasLink pipeline entering their traditional territory in British Columbia, Canada. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Local climate activists, working with the Insure Our Future Network, gathered outside AIG Headquarters in Manhattan on May 12, 2021 during their annual shareholders meeting to demand that AIG take action on climate change. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

About 30 members of activist group Rise and Resist were arrested after disrupting "Business As Usual" at a Climate Emergency protest outside the Bloomberg Global Business Forum held at the Plaza Hotel at 59th Street and 5th Avenue on September 25, 2019, blocking traffic at the intersection to protest the continued investment in the carbon economy despite overwhelming scientific evidence that to do so endangers human survival. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On September 20, 2020 a coalition of climate, Indigenous and racial justice groups gathered at Columbus Circle to kick off Climate Week with the Climate Justice Through Racial Justice march. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On Sept 19, 2023 ahead of the Climate Ambition Summit in New York City, climate activists gathered for a rally and civil disobedience outside Bank of America Tower in Midtown Manhattan as part of the March to End Fossil Fuels wave of actions resulting in multiple arrests. Activists demand Bank of America to “Defund Climate Chaos and Defend Human Rights”

PHOTO: Erik McGregor)

On Sept 19, 2023 ahead of the Climate Ambition Summit in New York City, climate activists gathered for a rally and civil disobedience outside Bank of America Tower in Midtown Manhattan as part of the March to End Fossil Fuels wave of actions resulting in multiple arrests. Activists demand Bank of America to “Defund Climate Chaos and Defend Human Rights”

PHOTO: Erik McGregor)

Together We Rise: The Power of Female Leadership to Help Solve the Climate Crisis. Co-hosted by youth activist leaders Xiye Bastida, Jerome Foster II, and Alexandria Villaseñor. Hosted at the New York Society for Ethical Culture in collaboration with 350NYC, Pachamama Alliance, Drawdown NYC and Climate Reality NYC. Co-Sponsored by Salesforce + Accenture: A Partnership in Sustainability. (Photo by Erik McGregor)