A still from the multi-sensory installation Breathe, created by Diego Galafassi, who says art can engage imaginations and help people confront the complex challenges of climate change. The challenges associated with climate change "are of such a magnitude that we cannot approach them only as technical problems, as something we could fix only by changing some policies," said Galafassi. While art can be a catalyst for change, it's not guaranteed, said Laura Sommer, a Norway-based researcher who has studied how art can change attitudes about climate change. One of the most prominent works about climate change in recent years is Anthropocene, a collaboration between photographer Edward Burtynsky and filmmakers Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier. El Akkad says climate change and related issues are so encompassing, art dealing with them will cease to be a genre.

Source: CBC News August 08, 2020 07:52 UTC