“Now is the time for us to believe what we know.” – Yann Arthus-Bertrand, photographer and naturalist
The Project
At the dawn of the 21st century, humanity has arrived at an extraordinary Crossroads—a time and place where scientific ability to identify unprecedented risk to the natural systems that support us, intersects a societal inability to respond. Decades of concentrated research, founded upon four hundred years of the scientific enterprise, is delivering a clear message: little of humanity’s course, as currently imagined, is sustainable—not our energy, not our economy, not our environment. But there is more to the scientific message: we are possessed of the knowledge we need to chart a new course, and a tide of awareness rising.
The Crossroads Project is a response to this reality, grounded in science, elevated by art, in service of genuine understanding, and determined to unlock a growing desire for meaningful response.
At the core of the project is a multi-disciplinary performance incorporating live music, visual art, and compelling science. Using diverse and complementary languages, The Fry Street Quartet joins with physicist and educator Dr. Robert Davies to explore the impacts of society’s unsustainable systems, Earth’s rapidly changing climate, and humanity’s opportunity for a new direction. Merging intellectual with visceral, understanding with belief, the performance weaves together a chorus of artistic and scientific voices responding to one of society’s greatest challenges. The Crossroads Project offers a deep meditation on the choices before us, the paths they forge, and the dramatically different landscapes to which they lead.
The Crossroads Project is a response to this reality, grounded in science, elevated by art, in service of genuine understanding, and determined to unlock a growing desire for meaningful response.
At the core of the project is a multi-disciplinary performance incorporating live music, visual art, and compelling science. Using diverse and complementary languages, The Fry Street Quartet joins with physicist and educator Dr. Robert Davies to explore the impacts of society’s unsustainable systems, Earth’s rapidly changing climate, and humanity’s opportunity for a new direction. Merging intellectual with visceral, understanding with belief, the performance weaves together a chorus of artistic and scientific voices responding to one of society’s greatest challenges. The Crossroads Project offers a deep meditation on the choices before us, the paths they forge, and the dramatically different landscapes to which they lead.
