Culture and Climate Change – Arts

Jürgen Nefzger has been travelling around Europe to photograph nuclear power stations in idyllic natural surroundings.More ...

For over 40 years now Klaus Staeck has been using his art to campaign for freedom of opinion and against people’s lack of understanding.More ...

Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer travelled through 16 countries around the world to capture portraits of people whose livelihoods have been destroyed by climate change.More ...

How, and how far, can art and science profit from one another – especially in respect to a phenomenon such as climate change? A new book finds some surprising answers.More ...

The focus of the long-term “Arctic Perspective” project is on the Arctic as a place to live as well as a place of global conflicts. This exhibition, being held at the Phoenix Hall in Dortmund, presents both the artistic and the scientific results of the project in visual form.More ...

Today, in these times of all-consuming capitalism, how can we expect art to have a social function?More ...

Pop musicians are discovering their environmental awareness. They raise money for the rain forest and go on carbon neutral tours. The new green-mindedness is changing the entertainment industry.More ...

The global culture industry on the verge of a paradigm shift.More ...

In Hollywood’s new cinema d’auteur Indian myths about the end of the world and alternative lifestyles seem to be abounding at the moment. The question is – what is their message and what have the Indians got to do with it?More ...

Video clips on Youtube and other video portals translate the complex subject of climate change into a compact cinematic form that is accessible to all.More ...

The wind of climate change has now swept onto the German stage - whether it is in the form of a drama production, a reading or a performance. If it is real climate change theatre you are looking for however, then you have to go to a children’s theatre.More ...

The internal combustion engine is on its way out! Now it is time to say goodbye to the petroleum-fuelled car – even for the world of art.More ...

Climate change is not only altering the state of the world we live in, but also the way we see our world. Contemporary artists are focussing on this in a whole series of exhibitions taking place all over the world.More ...