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Third Coast Review: DMoC Explores the Climate Crisis in At the Precipice—It’s Beautiful and Tragic
Colossal: ‘At the Precipice: Responses to the Climate Crisis’ at the Design Museum of Chicago
Pigment International: At the Precipice features work by Noted Multi-Media Artist Morel Doucet
Newcity: Design at the Edge: A Deep Dive into “At the Precipice” with the Colossal Curators
Responses to the Climate Crisis
July 14 – October 30, 2023
At the Precipice considers the role of physical and emotional reactions in the era of climate disaster. Given the proliferation of dire headlines and a public response that vacillates between denial and fatalism, the exhibition explores the use of color, tactility, material, and data not to avoid or disguise the issues but to instead offer accessible entry points.
Featured works utilize a wide scope of art and design methodologies to give shape to aspects of a daunting crisis as they interpret the real-world changes of rising temperatures, environmental destruction, forced migration, and the stark consequences of unsustainable lifestyles enjoyed by few at the expense of many. Included are works by Selva Aparicio, Morel Doucet, Zaria Forman, Luftwerk, Nathalie Miebach, Chris Pappan, Redemptive Plastics, The Tempestry Project (Chicago Collection), Migwa Nthiga, and Jean Shin.
At the Precipice explores how it feels to inhabit an irreversibly damaged planet facing a precarious future and considers the purpose of art and design in understanding how our collective trajectory must rapidly change direction.
The exhibition is curated by Colossal.
Exhibition Photography
Photography by Eric Lu