Changing Circumstances: Looking at the Future of the Planet.

Amsterdam: Schilt Publishing, 2016.. 4to. 272 pp. Near Fine. Hard Cover. Printed boards. Color and B&W plates throughout. Curated and conceived by Wendy Watriss, Steven Evans and Frederick Baldwin; essays by Wendy Watriss, Thomas E. Lovejoy and Geof Rayner. Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes biographical sketches of artists and curators. Changing Circumstances is an expansive presentation of international contemporary photography, video, and new media art addressing the challenges presented by global change. It shows the work of thirty-four international artists, focusing on the ways in which these media reflect on our relationship, as individuals and as a society, to the natural environment around us. This book is an expansive presentation of international contemporary photography, video, and new media art addressing the challenges presented by global change. It shows the works of 34 international artists, focusing on the ways in which these media reflect on our relationship, as individuals and as a society, to the natural environment around us. An important aspect of this presentation is how individual artists are using their work to address the impact of human behavior on the natural environment. The purpose of the book is to provoke, through visual art, new ways of thinking about how we see our role within the natural environment and our connection(s) to the rest of the planet and how this affects our future. The book looks at ways in which artists and scientists are re-visioning our relationship with the Earth, its oceans and atmosphere. The artists and artworks confront a broad range of issues that are challenges to the future of the Earth. These include climate change, water, energy, bio-diversity, and food production, population, natural resources, waste, and migration. The Authors The two lead essays set the scientific, ecological and biological context for the book. Geoff Rayner, a scholar and public health policy expert in the UK, looks at the evolution and impact of fossil fuel development and use. ISBN: 9789053308622 9053308628.Heavy volume, additional shipping fees may apply.