LONDON—The French artist Sophie Calle will be among a group of 40 artists and scientists participating in this year’s Cape Farewell, a program created in 2001 to highlight the issue of climate change, the Guardian reports.

On September 25, Calle departs for a voyage along the coast of and across a glacier front in Greenland. Her companions include playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, composer Jonathan Dove, architect and president of the Royal Institute of British Architects Sunand Prasad, poet Lemn Sissay, musicians Jarvis Cocker and Feist, and oceanographer Simon Boxall.

The aim of Cape Farewell, founded by artist David Buckland, is to inspire the creation of art based on the latest scientific research and findings.

Moira Sinclair, of Arts Council England, one of the trip’s funders, said in a statement: "What Cape Farewell shows is that art is both complimentary and essential to the climate challenges we face."

Previous editions have inspired the international touring "Art and Climate Change" exhibition, which includes works by Antony Gormley and Gary Hume; Rachel Whiteread’s Embankment installation at Tate Modern's Turbine Hall; and Ian McEwan’s next novel. The writer, who participated in the Cape Farewell program in 2005, said "I realized that it's all about human nature. The way to write about climate change is through writing about human nature."