Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, 18 West 11th Street, March 6, 1970, 2006.
This exhibition was a modest attempt to make sense of the paralysis that sets in when artists try to fashion a response to the complexity and enormity of climate change. It featured recent works by Chicago-based artists Beate Geissler & Oliver Sann, Jenny Kendler, Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, and Dan Peterman.
Climate change is a great existential crisis for humanity, yet the apocalyptic prospect of global warming and other consequences of this great disruption hardly make themselves felt in the mainstream of cultural production. Whether we consider art, film, literature, or music, the specter of climate change has yet to produce the Anthropocene’s defining masterpieces. One could make the case that it is the very enormity of the challenge of imagining the unimaginable that causes this creative paralysis. The Chicago Cli-Fi Library was a modest attempt to make sense of this paralysis, suggesting that art’s response to the complexity and enormity of the issue at hand could only ever be piecemeal, ad hoc, and hyperlocalized – all of which must be understood as virtuous. Named after the emerging literary genre of “climate fiction,” or “cli-fi,” and accordingly bookish in both conception and outlook, this exhibition featured the work of Chicago-based artists Geissler & Sann, Jenny Kendler in collaboration with Andrew Bearnot, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, and Dan Peterman.
Curated by Dieter Roelstraete.
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This event featured a performative reading of classic "cli-fi" texts, a musical performance, and a short film screening.
"There are no common moves among artists in The Chicago Cli-Fi Library, except environmental grief as expressed through art-making," writes critic Lori Waxman.
An interdisciplinary panel of scholars and artists discussed creative responses to climate change and resilience in the face of trauma.
This exhibition was a modest attempt to make sense of the paralysis that sets in when artists try to fashion a response to climate change.
Carousel with 3 slides shown at a time. Use the Previous and Next buttons to navigate, or the slide dot buttons at the end to jump to slides.
This event featured a performative reading of classic "cli-fi" texts, a musical performance, and a short film screening.
Carousel with 3 slides shown at a time. Use the Previous and Next buttons to navigate, or the slide dot buttons at the end to jump to slides.
Carousel with 3 slides shown at a time. Use the Previous and Next buttons to navigate, or the slide dot buttons at the end to jump to slides.
This exhibition was a modest attempt to make sense of the paralysis that sets in when artists try to fashion a response to climate change.
Carousel with 3 slides shown at a time. Use the Previous and Next buttons to navigate, or the slide dot buttons at the end to jump to slides.
"There are no common moves among artists in The Chicago Cli-Fi Library, except environmental grief as expressed through art-making," writes critic Lori Waxman.
Carousel with 3 slides shown at a time. Use the Previous and Next buttons to navigate, or the slide dot buttons at the end to jump to slides.
An interdisciplinary panel of scholars and artists discussed creative responses to climate change and resilience in the face of trauma.
