Iconographies of climate catastrophe: the representation of climate change in art and film

Charles  Green; Belinda Smaill; Seán Cubitt

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-56114-6_8

Iconographies of climate catastrophe: the representation of climate change in art and film

Charles Green, Belinda Smaill, Seán Cubitt

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This chapter reviews visual representations of climate in art and film across the last few decades, exploring shifting artistic, cinematic, televisual and narrative practices that have more recently shaped the communication of the climate emergency. It explores the iconographies that artists and filmmakers have used in the shift from representing contemporaneous and local environmental challenges to depicting the future consequences of climate warming, including widespread biospheric change. The authors sketch the shifting screen media formulations that imagine climate catastrophes, observing how both documentary film, television and contemporary art draw on popular and professional media practices, including news formats and visual effects.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Climate Disaster Preparedness
Subtitle of host publication	Reimagining Extreme Events through Art and Technology
Editors	Dennis Del Favero, Susanne Thurow, Michael J. Ostwald, Ursula Frohne
Place of Publication	Cham Switzerland
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	8
Pages	93-106
Number of pages	14
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031561146
ISBN (Print)	9783031561139, 9783031561160
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56114-6_8
Publication status	Published - 2024

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Name	Arts, Research, Innovation and Society (ARIS)
Publisher	Springer
ISSN (Print)	2626-7683
ISSN (Electronic)	2626-7691

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Grehan, H., Smaill, B. & Ostwald, M. J., 2024, Climate Disaster Preparedness: Reimagining Extreme Events through Art and Technology. Del Favero, D., Thurow, S., Ostwald, M. J. & Frohne, U. (eds.). 1st ed. Cham Switzerland: Springer, p. 183-197 15 p. (Arts, Research, Innovation and Society (ARIS)).
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Green, C., Smaill, B., & Cubitt, S. (2024). Iconographies of climate catastrophe: the representation of climate change in art and film. In D. Del Favero, S. Thurow, M. J. Ostwald, & U. Frohne (Eds.), Climate Disaster Preparedness: Reimagining Extreme Events through Art and Technology (1st ed., pp. 93-106). (Arts, Research, Innovation and Society (ARIS)). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56114-6_8

Green, Charles ; Smaill, Belinda ; Cubitt, Seán. / Iconographies of climate catastrophe : the representation of climate change in art and film. Climate Disaster Preparedness: Reimagining Extreme Events through Art and Technology. editor / Dennis Del Favero ; Susanne Thurow ; Michael J. Ostwald ; Ursula Frohne. 1st. ed. Cham Switzerland : Springer, 2024. pp. 93-106 (Arts, Research, Innovation and Society (ARIS)).

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Green, C, Smaill, B & Cubitt, S 2024, Iconographies of climate catastrophe: the representation of climate change in art and film. in D Del Favero, S Thurow, MJ Ostwald & U Frohne (eds), Climate Disaster Preparedness: Reimagining Extreme Events through Art and Technology. 1st edn, Arts, Research, Innovation and Society (ARIS), Springer, Cham Switzerland, pp. 93-106. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56114-6_8

Iconographies of climate catastrophe: the representation of climate change in art and film. / Green, Charles ; Smaill, Belinda; Cubitt, Seán.
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Green C, Smaill B, Cubitt S. Iconographies of climate catastrophe: the representation of climate change in art and film. In Del Favero D, Thurow S, Ostwald MJ, Frohne U, editors, Climate Disaster Preparedness: Reimagining Extreme Events through Art and Technology. 1st ed. Cham Switzerland: Springer. 2024. p. 93-106. (Arts, Research, Innovation and Society (ARIS)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-56114-6_8

Iconographies of climate catastrophe: the representation of climate change in art and film

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