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Climats artificiels

  • Art, Contemporary art
  • 4 out of 5 stars
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Time Out says

4 out of 5 stars

A subtle, sensitive exhibit on the theme of climate change, to tie in with the COP21 conference.

To tie in with the COP21 climate change conference taking place in Paris in November-December 2015, the Espace Fondation EDF have put together a subtle yet powerful exhibition that explores what’s really at stake.

Standout pieces include Ange Leccia’s ‘La Mer’ (a video projection of rippling waterscapes on a giant screen) and Adrien Missika’s captivating video of a crater in a Turkmenistan desert, both of which emphasise the notions of ‘artist as observer’. Former scientist Hicham Berrada’s ‘Présage’ is also particularly thought-provoking: live chemical reactions in a glass tank evolve as the exhibit goes on, inciting visitors to question the relationship between the natural and the artificial (and as a consequence, man’s role in preserving the earth).

Instead of just hammering home the message that we’re all doomed, ‘Climats artificiels’ offers a fertile collection for stimulating discussion of some major moral issues.

TRANSLATION: HUW OLIVER

Written by
Nicolas Hecht

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