Being creative in a greenhouse: art and global warming

The world, all at once, has become a small world. Not only owing to TV, satellites and the Internet that allow us to jump from side to side of our planet in a click. But also owing to a phenomenon that evokes dry lands, devastating rains, tsunamis and hurricanes, torrid summers and melting glaciers:...

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Main Author: Donato Ramani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sissa Medialab 2008-09-01
Series:JCOM: Journal of Science Communication
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Online Access:http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/07/03/Jcom0703%282008%29C01/Jcom0703%282008%29C01.pdf
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Summary:The world, all at once, has become a small world. Not only owing to TV, satellites and the Internet that allow us to jump from side to side of our planet in a click. But also owing to a phenomenon that evokes dry lands, devastating rains, tsunamis and hurricanes, torrid summers and melting glaciers: global warming. In the heated argument on this issue with so many people talking, in the past few years also artists have made their rising voice be heard. Artists-popularisers, aware of their role and of the considerable communication potential of the art medium. Because “One salient image, sculpture or event can speak louder than volumes of scientific data”.
ISSN:1824-2049