Contemporary Climate Change Art as the Abstract Machine: Ethico-Aesthetics and Futures Orientation

Main author: Taplin, Roslyn
Format: Journal Article           
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Summary: The fusion of visual art and climate science to produce something new to mediate the urgency of the climate change issue is explored in relation to Simon O’Sullivan’s conception of contemporary art invoking Deleuze and Guattari’s ethico-aesthetics and futures orientation. The question considered is: Can and does climate change art crystallize a different subjectivity within viewers? Conclusions are that the visual art considered in this article does have the prospect of connecting viewers with some realization of future climate change implications.
Language: English
Published: MIT Press 2014