Picturing the Climate Emergency (Paperback)

Paperback. How can multi-disciplinary artistic works prepare us for future climates?In his latest works, world-renowned visual artist Dennis Del Favero interrogates our evolving relationship with increasingly unpredictable and extreme climate events. Equinox, an installation that immerses audiences inside larger-than-life wildfire scenarios, offers a visceral reimagining of their unanticipated dynamics. iFire provides a training system for Australias largest urban firefighting service, enabling responders to adjust variables such as wind speed, so they can rehearse their response to future fires under the escalating uncertainty of climate conditions.In Dennis Del Favero: Picturing the Climate Emergency, leading international art scholars and experts in artificial intelligence, fire science and emergency response analyse these works and explore their implications for artists, art audiences, scientists, frontline personnel and at-risk communities. Picturing the Climate Emergency offers insights into how multi-disciplinary artistic works can enhance our imaginative, experiential, and practical readiness for the climate emergency. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…