Art in a Time of Climate Crisis
Dagmara Genda March 2020 Articles
Nothing makes an artist feel as ineffectual as the looming
climate catastrophe. Its existential pragmatism makes
short shrift of poetics to focus on questions like: Who
is financing the art and where does their money come
from? How much waste is produced from the invitations,
posters and flyers? What is the environmental impact of the all
show accoutrement—the temporary walls, the climate-controlled
rooms—of which the artwork itself is just the tiniest element?
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