CLIMARTE Poster Project
Poster Project III: A Call to Art · 2022
Artist statement
This poster acknowledges the uncomfortable and dark feelings we might be having about climate change and urges us to act despite them. It’s a call for reclaiming personal power, courage, and action because our planet and our lives depend on it.
Climate change is undoubtedly a hard, wicked problem but we shouldn’t hide from the problem because it feels hard and uncomfortable. The black jumbled up black lines sitting heavily at the bottom illustrate the sinking feeling, emotional heaviness and emotions connected to any hard problem that feels overwhelming, and suggests that we embrace them. “Own the feeling and take action” anyway.
The image in the background is a painting titled “Weight of Being” from my series “Vibrations of a new reality” created with the support of the City of Melbourne COVID-19 Arts Grants in 2020.