How Art can Inspire Viewers to Climate Action [psmag.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 7/30/194:00 AM

By Tom Jacobs, Pacific Standard, July 24, 2019

Can art change the world? Or can it at least inspire people to engage with an urgent issue they'd otherwise be inclined to ignore?

A new study of activist art about climate change suggests that art can be an effective form of activism—if artists create compelling works that call attention to the problem and offer hope for a solution.

Artworks that achieve this tricky balance "have the potential to retell the stories of climate change in a way that activates the slumbering potential in our societies," write Laura Kim Sommer and Christian A. Klöckner of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

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