Climate change art

     Omnipresent and relevant, yet abstract and statistical by nature, as well as invisible for the naked eye – climate change is a subject matter in need for perception and cognition support par excellence.[1]

Climate change art is art inspired by climate change and global warming, generally intended to overcome humans' hardwired tendency to value personal experience over data and to disengage from data-based representations by making the data "vivid and accessible". One of the goal of climate change art is to "raise awareness of the crisis",[2] as well as engage viewers politically and environmentally.[3]

Some climate change art involves community involvement with the environment.[2] Other approaches involve revealing socio-political concerns through their various artistic forms,[4] such as painting, video, photography, sound and films. These works are intended to encourage viewers to reflect on their daily actions "in a socially responsible manner to preserve and protect the planet".[4]

Climate change art is created both by scientists and by non-scientist artists. The field overlaps with data art.

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  2. ^ a b "Climate change is a challenge for artists". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
  3. ^ Hornby, Louise (2017-05-01). "Appropriating the Weather: Olafur Eliasson and Climate Control". Environmental Humanities. 9 (1): 60–83. doi:10.1215/22011919-3829136. ISSN 2201-1919.
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