Trees & Seas - at The Aster Hollywood Cinema
Eco-Doc from Beatie Wolfe celebrating conservation initiatives in California
29 NOV 2023
The Private Screening
'TREES & SEAS' an Eco-Doc from Beatie Wolfe (shot by Ross Harris) celebrating local conservation initiatives, from a NOAA abalone rewilding project to Taylor Guitar’s reclaimed urban wood initiative.
Have you ever wondered how the tools of your trade can be crafted with the climate in mind? Artist Beatie Wolfe was inspired to explore just that via her guitar, taking us on a journey from a new urban wood waste circular economy to a NOAA aquaculture restoration initiative, which draws wisdom from the Chumash.
Following the screening, Scott Paul Taylor Guitars’ Director of Natural Resource Sustainability (and former Greenpeace forestry director) interviews Beatie Wolfe about her environmental art journey. This will be followed by comments from NOAA’s Melissa Neuman and “Big John” Mahoney
SXSW: Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe in Conversation
The Featured Session on the day Climate, Music, Art and Tech converged
2022
The Story
A conversation between musical visionaries Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe about how art can play a vital role in response to the climate emergency, with Brian sharing his music industry charity EarthPercent and Beatie sharing 'From Green to Red,' an environmental protest piece built using 800,000 years of NASA data to visualise rising CO2 levels
Nobel Prize Summit
Keynote, live performance and art piece
2021
The Story
The Nobel Prize organisation invited Beatie Wolfe to speak, perform, and show her environmental protest piece ‘From Green To Red’ at its inaugural summit following Sir David Attenborough and Al Gore. Beatie Wolfe was introduced onstage by her friend and space beaming collaborator Nobel Laureate Dr Robert Wilson. Watch her segment above.
New York Times Summit
Opening Ceremony for The NYT climate hub at COP26
2021
The Story
Beatie Wolfe joined Es Devlin in opening The New York Times’ climate hub at the United Nations COP26 in Glasgow which included a conversation with the NYT's deputy editor about her work, followed by a live performance and presentation of From Green to Red
TEDMED
Power of Music and Dementia keynote and performance
2020
The Story
At TEDMED in Boston MA, Beatie shared her pioneering Power of Music & Dementia research work that was the first study to look at the power of music unconnected to memory for people living with dementia which went on to change policy and form the charity Music For Dementia. Beatie opens her TED talk with an acoustic live performance
NASA Address
Keynote for JPL engineers and scientists
2018
The Story
NASA's JPL invited Beatie Wolfe to give a keynote talk to its scientists and engineers during which Wolfe shared her Innovations, Power of Music & Dementia work and performed live to the NASA scientists.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Closing MIT Solve flagship event
2023
The Story
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Solve - MIT) invited Beatie Wolfe to opening Solve's annual flagship Plenary with a performance and closing it with this talk. To have the interactive version of ‘From Green to Red’ installed in the MIT Media Lab was also fun.
SXSW Live Studio interviews Beatie Wolfe
In-depth interview on all things Art, Tech and Climate
2022The Story
SXSW invited Beatie Wolfe into its Live Studio for a in-depth interview with Wajahat Ali. This interview was included in the SXSW’s official conference highlights. This marks the sixth consecutive year of Beatie at SXSW with highlights that include hosting Pandora radio’s livestream across two days and Mark Mothersbaugh and Wolfe sharing their lockdown postcards project
TED Women
MasterClass on translating data to activate awareness
2021
The Story
TED Women invited Beatie to hold a MasterClass titled "Activating Awareness: The Power of Art" on how to make vast and abstract data around global issues feel relatable, evocative, and inspire change. The artist and activist guided participants in a hands-on exploration of the myriad of ways art can be used to communicate complex data to activate awareness and inspire action on a large scale
COP26
Invited by the Presidency to participate, advise and exhibit
2021
The Story
COP26 Presidency invited Beatie Wolfe to be inolved across three fronts (1) project her artpiece 550ft wide onto the conference (2) be part of the opening ceremony advice panel (3) be part of The FACT Dialogue (Forest, Agriculture and Commodity Trade) hosted by the COP26 Presidency to accelerate the transition towards more sustainable land-use practices. In this high profile session, dedicated to deforestation, Beatie Wolfe performed live and shared extracts of her “Urban Wood” documentary
Virtual Design Festival
Dezeen holds “Beatie Wolfe day” to exhibit all of her current work
2020
The Day’s Program
SXSW: Mark Mothersbaugh & Beatie Wolfe in Conversation
Postcards for Democracy featured session
2021The Story
SXSW invited Mark Mothersbaugh & Beatie Wolfe to share their collective art project "Postcards for Democracy," which the pair launched ahead of the 2020 election. This live conversation was one of the festival’s featured sessions.
Museum of Science, Boston
In conversation with The Boston Globe at MoS
2021
The Story
The Museum of Science invited Beatie Wolfe to be its first event since lockdown. Beatie Wolfe was talking with Sabrina Shankman, Boston Globe's Climate Journalist, about her work and latest project: From Green to Red: an environmental protest art piece
Extreme Hangout
Giving the youth a voice at COP26
2021
The Story
As part of Extreme Hangout at COP26, the youth-focused hub invited Beatie Wolfe to talk about her environmental art piece, climate documentaries, and pioneering approach
Berlin Science Week
Environmental art as activism: where science and art collide
2022
The Story
Kicking off Berlin Science Week, Beatie Wolfe gave an in-depth live interview with Tech Editor Karsten Lemm about creating award-winning environmental projects in the historic Humboldt Auditorium
LOs ANgeles Times Festival
Invited to curate the LA Times first art/tech storytelling festival
The Story
The LA Times 'Festival of Books' (150, 000 attendees) introduces a whole new area to the festival this year with the introduction of NewStory, guest-curated by Beatie Wolfe. NewStory celebrates storytelling beyond the book and feature the best in music/tech/art from LA's leading creatives, inventors and thinkers - from NASA, Magic Leap, Stanford to multi-platinum producers (or 4 x Grammy, 4 x Emmy, 8 x Nobels, 2 x Songwriter Hall of Famers, 1 x Tony & 3 x Webby winners)
Beatie Wolfe’s Keynotes
Artist, Innovator & Speaker
Keynote Highlights
Beatie Wolfe has given presentations about her work all over the world from NASA to the Nobel Prize Summit, MIT to New York Times, Stanford University to TED, Spotify to SXSW. For further examples see below or watch one here…
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Alzheimer’s Association, Palo Alto, US*
Barbican, London, UK*
BBC Radio 4, London, UK*
Berlin Science Week, DEU
CeBIT, Munich, DEU*
Collision, New Orleans, US
CogX, London, UK
Apple store theatres, Berlin/NYC, DEU/US*
Dezeen’s Virtual Design Festival, Global*
Digital Shoreditch, London, UK*
DLDx3, Munich/New York, DEU/US
Europas, London, UK*
GQ Event, London, UK*
London Technology Week, London, UK*
London Design Biennale, UK
Me Convention (SXSW), Frankfurt, DEU*
Museum of Science Boston, US
Nobel Prize Summit, DC, US*
Pandora SXSW Radio, Austin, US
Propeller, New Jersey, US
REMIX, London/Sydney, UK/AU*
Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
Social Innovation Summit, Palo Alto, US
Stanford University TV, Palo Alto, US
SXSW, Austin, US*
TEDMED, Boston, US*
TOA, Berlin, US
The Royal Institute, London, UK
V&A Museum, London, UK
WIRED Conference, London, UK
2020 Music (Forbes), Boston, US
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Airbnb, San Francisco, US*
Apple HQ Town Hall Cupertino, US (twice)*
Apple Music, Los Angeles, US*
Beats Electronics, Los Angeles, US*
Bell Labs, New Jersey, UK*
Berklee University, Boston, US
Berlin Music Commission, Berlin, DEU
British Embassy to Germany, Berlin, DEU*
CA Technologies, Paris, FRA*
Cubic Innovation, San Diego, US*
Cubic Transportation, London, UK*
Dell Technologies World, Global*
JustGiving Awards, London, UK*
Karajan Music Tech, Vienna, Austria
Mercedes, Seoul, Korea*
Mind Candy, London, UK
NASA's JPL, Pasadena, US*
National Art Library, London, UK
Onassis Foundation, Los Angeles, US
Quora, Palo Alto, US
Spotify, London, UK
Taylor Guitars, Long Beach, US*
UCLA, Los Angeles, US
UCSD, San Diego, US*
USC, Los Angeles, US
Whole Foods, London, UK*
N.B. Confidential engagements not listed* denotes joint keynote and performance
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Art of Innovation
as given to Apple (VPs of Innovation, Music and Software division), Google (Devices and Service division), CA Technologies, Quora, Airbnb, Dell Technologies (World Summit), NASA, Bell Labs, Mercedes (electric vehicles), etc
Imprinting in the Streaming Age (or Translating Data into Impact)
as per her Masterclass at TED Women, Berlin Science Week, United Nations COP26, New York Times, Boston Museum of Science etc
Turning Ideas into Action
the Project Management Institute (PMI) named Beatie Wolfe as one of its Global Future 50, plus invited her to give a mainstage keynote at its global conference
… other wellbeing/mental health-themed keynotes/masterclasses include... "Power of Art and Nature to our Wellbeing" as per her keynote at TEDMED, DLD, SXSW, Calm, Wired etc.
Press Highlights
Beatie Wolfe's pioneering work and approach which has been featured globally including BBC World Service, BBC Radio 4, Billboard, The Times, The New Scientist, The Guardian, Wired Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, Fast Company, NPR, GQ, Monocle Magazine, Inc, Tech Crunch, Recode, Sky News, Cool Hunting, USA Today, The Art Newspaper, Design Milk, Forbes, and more.
