Climate Change, Ecology and Art at the Venice Biennale

Picture, John Wiseman. 
Artist, Fiona Hall, Wrong Way Time, 2015

The rising tides, abandoned warehouses and crumbling palaces of Venice – always a strong reminder of the risks of ecological and political hubris – provided an appropriately melancholy setting for the diverse array of climate change and environmentally focused works on display at the 2015 Venice Art Biennale.

The most provocative and powerful of these works however were those whose gaze rose above the familiar environmental iconography of drowning cities and burning forests to the broader challenge posed by 2015 Biennale curator, Okwui Enwezor. ‘How can the current disquiet of our time be properly grasped, made comprehensible, examined, and articulated?’ Though the Biennale has now closed, many artworks and national pavilions can still be seen and explored online here.

Read the story by John Wiseman and Faye Chomley - “Wrong Way Time: Climate Change, Ecology and Art at the Venice Biennale.”