Changes: Icelandic artists reflect on climate changes

Climate change is an issue where artistic involvement and creative approaches could be crucial in creating much needed awareness of our place in the world and the context of our existence and behavior. In society as a whole there is an increasingly pressing need to introduce new ways of thinking, new ways of seeing ourselves as part of a larger whole, where we all take responsibility for our actions and expressions. Art is often at the forefront of an exploration that maps unknown territories, that changes the way we see ourselves and our environment. This essay discusses artworks that reflect on changes and natural elements. The earth’s climate system is very complex, and each one of its elements is changing constantly. Most of these changes are not immediately noticeable on a global scale, but over time patterns emerge, and we say the climate is changing.