Climate Museum Sends Distress Signals to Stimulate Discussion

New signs that resemble the digital highway messages that typically flash bad news about road construction, traffic delays, flood warnings and missing children will be dotting New York City by Labor Day.

One of the signs that are popping up in New York City
as part of an exhibition by the Climate Museum. Events
 are also planned to encourage dialogue about climate change.

But while they may warn of impending dangers, they are not typical. The 10 large solar-powered signs installed in the five boroughs through October are part of “Climate Signals,” an exhibition by the Climate Museum. They will display what the museum’s director, Miranda Massie, describes as “aphoristic text” — surprising poetry, metaphor, even humor — designed to tempt passers-by into discussing climate change and the role cities play in the problem and solutions.

“It’s becoming axiomatic and clear that we need cultural transformation on climate in order to move forward,” she said. This project is a start, she added. It’s the second for the museum, which Ms. Massie founded three years ago.

Read the story from The New York Times by Laura van Straaten - “Climate Museum Sends Distress Signals to Stimulate Discussion.”