From writer Margaret Atwood's climate fiction, or cli-fi, 'MaddAddam' trilogy to an upcoming album from singer/songwriter Grimes, climate change permeates Canadian art.
Grimes celebrates her Juno for video of the year at the Juno Awards in Vancouver, Sunday, March, 25, 2018. From writer Margaret Atwood's climate fiction"MaddAddam" trilogy to an upcoming album from singer/songwriter Grimes, climate change permeates Canadian art.
Canadian artists from singers to sculptors are doing the same. From writer Margaret Atwood's climate fiction, or cli-fi, "MaddAddam" trilogy to an upcoming album from singer/songwriter Grimes, climate change permeates Canadian art. The challenge is to make work that addresses an inescapable fact of modern life without churning out agitprop.For some, climate change is a new lens through which to look at some old themes.
"It was almost like a light bulb fired off in my mind. I needed to understand where these materials come from." Not that artists are averse to changing people's behaviour. They just think there's a better way than haranguing them. "There's a potential through the arts to connect in an emotional way, in a spiritual way," said Feuer. "That might be how people might be moved to seek out change, to ask bigger questions.""Poetry is not a screwdriver. It's not something you have clearly defined results from.
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