Contemporary Climate Change Art as the Abstract Machine: Ethico-Aesthetics and Futures Orientation

Taplin, Roslyn

Abstract

The fusion of visual art and climate science to produce something new to mediate the urgency of the climate change issue is explored in relation to Simon O’Sullivan’s conception of contemporary art invoking Deleuze and Guattari’s ethico-aesthetics and futures orientation. The question considered is: Can and does climate change art crystallize a different subjectivity within viewers? Conclusions are that the visual art considered in this article does have the prospect of connecting viewers with some realization of future climate change implications.

Citation

Taplin, R. (2014). Contemporary Climate Change Art as the Abstract Machine: Ethico-Aesthetics and Futures Orientation. Leonardo, 47(5), 509-510. https://doi.org/10.1162/LEON_a_00827

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 15, 2014
• Online Publication Date: Sep 15, 2014
• Publication Date: Oct 1, 2014
• Deposit Date: Jan 23, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 23, 2019
• Journal: Leonardo
• Print ISSN: 0024-094X
• Electronic ISSN: 1530-9282
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 47
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 509-510
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1162/LEON_a_00827