After too long a silence, art is finally tackling global warming. Here are the big players - including the photographer who´s lighting up AlaskaIn 1975, photographer Michel Comte stood up before scientists, business leaders and politicians at the Club of Rome to deliver a speech about the climate disaster he believed was on the horizon. Back then, he was still a student, and a little nervous - but he could sense the future. Now, Comte´s recent works incorporating black carbon fallout from the jet stream, shown in Rome, Milan and Hong Kong, prove just how right he was to speak out.Comte´s message was echoed last week in the UK, when thousands of schoolchildren - inspired by 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg - took to the streets to pressure the government into taking action on climate change. Like Comte, they have seen a bleak future ahead and are speaking out.For decades arts institutions have effectively engaged in self-censorship, denying us a debate on fossil fuels Continue reading...
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