Andrew and Sarah Eva Manson of ballyrogan.com were invited to participate in decorating two of the 100 globes in this creative arts initiative, GOAL What on Earth, to raise money for a really worthy cause; GOAL Global.
James Harrold, Galway Arts Officer 2018, with Sarah Eva Manson and her Globe ‘Ocean Hero’
This incredible venture was a huge success generating €80,000.
"To work towards ensuring that the poorest and most vulnerable in our world and those affected by humanitarian crises have access to the fundamental rights of life, including but not limited to adequate shelter, food, water and sanitation, healthcare, education and economic opportunities." - goalglobal.org
100 blank, plain white globes measuring 43cms in diameter were newly designed by over 100 artists, designers, public figures and celebrities. Their transformation was documented throughout this process all across social media using #GOALWhatonEarth.
Sarah was also asked to come on board to help with the official social media campaign and really enjoyed the hussle and bussle that followed! She consulted closely & continuously with the campaign manager - Dave Southern - and the PR team in GOAL Global as well as each individual artist and venue hosting team throughout this campaign. It was a fast paced project and it was lovely getting to know each of the creators directly and each of the globes stories deeply.
The decorated globes were then put on display to form a series of Public Art Exhibition’s which toured a number of key cities throughout Ireland, before being auctioned off in November ‘18 to raise valuable funds for GOAL enabling them to continue their work to ease the plight of some of the most vulnerable people in the world. goalwhatonearth.ie
#52 Ocean Hero - by Sarah Eva Manson
Sarah Eva Manson's Globe represents the struggle of single use plastic and its effects on our oceans and the health of the planet. The Globe’s oceans are covered with soft, single use plastic and painted with metallic paint - the texture of the plastic being important, not the labels etc. The layers of plastic represent the pollution in our oceans. We need to work together to change this growing problem.
#54 Not My World - by Andrew F. Manson
This Globe ‘Not My World’ is the manifestation of either an error or an act of misguided beliefs. The curving lines represent just a fraction of the missile flights in a first strike scenario. The oceans are depicted red as they have the role of concealing the weapons that have the shortest detection times on deployment. As the major powers are capable of assured mutual destruction, huge numbers of arms are falling into the hands of quasi-independent groups and militias, meaning wars can break out anywhere from seemingly civilized Europe (Yugoslavia) to any one of the central African republics. Wars anywhere at any time.