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Boris Herrmann

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On 7 September 2023, Team Malizia and the Deichtorhallen opened the "Make Climate Change Visible - Sailing Around The World With Team Malizia" student exhibition in Hamburg. The artwork was created as part of the My Ocean Challenge education programme with children from 9 countries at each stage of The Ocean Race 2022-2023.

 pushed their yacht around the globe on one of the toughest offshore races, clinching a podium finish. The team brought the adventure of sailing closer to hundreds of thousands of fans, documented the exciting race extensively and authentically, and, as they have done for many years, 

 for marine scientists to better understand the role of the Ocean in climate change. But one of the most exciting projects for 

 which involved students around the world, and which now 

Team Malizia worked with children from local schools at 

. Motivated and inspired by the adventure of sailing and by art, the school children dealt intensively with scientific aspects, processed and reflected on what they had experienced, became active and made climate change visible in small artworks. 

"We want to create hope and show solutions with our programme," explains 

, who developed the programme several years ago together with 

 on a piece of paper shaped like a little sail. 

 were created by children from Alicante (Spain), Mindelo (Cape Verde), Cape Town (South Africa), Itajaí (Brazil), Newport (USA), Aarhus (Denmark), Kiel (Germany), The Hague (Netherlands), and Genoa (Italy). In Hamburg, children from the Sternschanze primary school, the Niendorf district school, and the Stellingen district school also took part in workshops at the Deichtorhallen. We also worked at the 

 in Cape Town, among other places. It was really exciting to work on these topics with children from many different countries." 

 for the class of the next stopover in a 

 that sailed around the world onboard the 

 race yacht. Children from Africa, for example, dealt with the effects of climate change in Brazil and sent their wishes across the Ocean. 

 said: “It was so nice to have this little book onboard, saved in a dry space, like a 

 we needed to protect. With the crew, we opened it a few times when we were racing to look at the messages the children had written. It was really heartwarming to read the wishes written by the children and to deliver them to the kids at the next stopover.”

The over 600 artworks created around the world during The Ocean Race were brought back to Hamburg after the race and have been 

"Make Climate Change Visible - Sailing Around The World With Team Malizia" art installation

 was open at the Deichtorhallen Hamburg, with the participating children and teachers 

 attended the call from France, where he is currently training. During the call which saw, amongst others, children from Brazil, Spain, Germany, and Cabo Verde come together, the team showed a 

. Participating team members and children shared their experience and what they enjoyed the most in this project, and after the call, the audience in Hamburg enjoyed a 

"We are delighted to be part of the My Ocean Challenge initiative, which combines sailing, science, education and art to educate, inspire and connect children around the Ocean and climate change," explains 

Dirk Luckow, Artistic Director of Deichtorhallen Hamburg

. "Climate change is a global challenge and has no borders - just like art! That is why we are trying to create these connections."

interactive poster exhibition on the climate crisis

 "We've got the Chance to change!" by the 

, which was conceived with scientific support from 

GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

, a long-term scientific partner of Team Malizia.

"I find the "My Ocean Challenge" programme so convincing because it makes school children aware of the ecological importance of the Ocean in a very vivid and understandable way," adds 

Dorit Otto, Chairman of the Board Dorit & Alexander Otto Stiftung

, which supports Team Malizia's educational programme. "Sailing is a teaching tool that can be used to inspire young people for climate protection. In addition, Birte Lorenzen-Herrmann's team transports this educational idea beyond Hamburg's schools to school classes all over the world, so to speak, by sailing boat. My Ocean Challenge picks up on our foundation's key funding themes, which is why I am very pleased about our cooperation.”

The students' works will be exhibited in the gallery corridor of the Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, 

from 7 September 2023 to the end of September 2023

. The exhibition is curated by the art programme of the Staddteilschule Stellingen under the direction of teacher Christina Rust and in collaboration with artist Sabine Flunker.

The collective artwork is exhibited in the Deichtorhallen Hamburg until the end of September

The collective artwork is exhibited in the Deichtorhallen Hamburg until the end of Septemer © Birgit Hübner / Deichtorhallen

"Make Climate Change Visible", the collective artwork as a powerful message

Boris Herrmann and the school from around the world participated in a Zoom call during the opening of the exhibition which revealed the final installation made out of the 600 sails

Boris Herrmann and the school from around the world participated in a Zoom call during the opening of the exhibition which revealed the final installation made out of the 600 sails © Birgit Hübner / Deichtorhallen

Watch the short film documenting the creation of the artwork around the world:

A Race We Must Win – Climate Action Now!

mission is only possible due to the strong and long-lasting commitment from its 

: Hapag-Lloyd, Schütz, the Yacht Club de Monaco, EFG International, Zurich Group Germany, Kuehne+Nagel, and MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company. These partners band behind Team Malizia to support its campaign, each of them working towards projects in their own field to innovate around climate solutions. 

Over 600 little sails created by children in the Malizia Ocean Challenge programme during The Ocean Race have come together in a large art installation exhibited at the Deichtorhallen in Hamburg