Artists, Art and Climate Change
In the last few months I've been thinking about studying and documenting the way artists are now engaging with climate change, and the organisations, exhibitions and websites springing up around this. For example, I've just been asked to come to a meeting of Meld (http://www.meld.cc/#/why/) , a group of artists and filmmakers who've started a "collaborative catalyst" for social change...
(to tell you the truth, I have something else to say about the THOUSANDS of collaborative catalysts for social change that exist now, but not here!)
Art engaging with climate change interests me because like other flurries of interest, no-one seemed to be doing it and now everyone is, it seems - the wave of consciousness again. Having said that, I was surprised at the Venice Biennale 2009 how few artists were actually engaging with the topic of climate change. Envrionmentalist artists particularly appeal to me. Artists have a new take on it all, and it's refreshing. It's not preachy, as you might have thought, and some of it is very entertaining..
So I've been to visit the Royal Academy's exhibition -

