The TCR Team (Aug 18, 2019) – Art and climate change rarely mix, but when they do, artists have created some of the most provocative and meaningful pieces of this generation. It’s about time the art world started paying attention.

Ina participatory and collaborative with the Village of Pinecrest near Miami, Xavier Cortada invited residents to pick up a marker ranging from 0 to 17, representing how many feet the sea would have to rise to submerge their house. Using Citizen Eyes, residents could find exactly how sea level rise would affect their house. Together, the project culminated in Underwater HOA which hoped to use the general public’s participation to represent how widespread and impactful climate change would be. If the Arctic’s ice melts completely, many of the world’s coastal cities from Miami to Hong Kong will be almost completely submerged.

“Climate change will affect the future of Pinecrest and all of South Florida,” Pinecrest Mayor Joseph M. Corradino said in an interview with Forbes. “Through Xavier’s extraordinary vision, he will use art to bring the community together in an impactful way.”

LINK TO ORIGINAL ARTICLE: https://medium.com/the-climate-reporter/5-art-installations-about-climate-change-we-should-be-talking-about-8c310366194e