Set in 2035, COOL: How We Did It presents solutions-focussed, multidisciplinary artwork reflecting on how local communities strategically collaborated to fast track the transition to regenerative and resilient systems. Since the technologies have been around for more than a century, the futures referenced are incredibly encouraging.
Informed by the best available evidence, COOL: How We Did It will present artwork from the start to the finish of Australia’s leading role in COP31, for which Australia’s Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen is the President of Negotiations until November 2027.
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Participating artists: Daniella Conser, Lichen Kelp, Grace Lipson, Climate Guardians+Julian Meehan, Bridget Nicholson, Ata Tara and Giselle Wilkinson.
Artist bio
CLIMARTE is a DGR registered not-for-profit organisation that produces socially engaged, climate justice focused cultural experiences. Established in 2010, CLIMARTE has worked with artists, independent organisations, community leaders, scientists and academics to advocate for immediate, effective and creative policy action to restore a climate capable of sustaining all life.
CLIMARTE's stated mission is: to increase the amount of climate focused and public facing art with which to inform, engage and inspire communities to demand evidence-based climate action; raising awareness about the causes as well as the readily available solutions for the climate crisis while elevating the role of arts and creative workers as powerful change makers in society.