The documentary film questions whether contemporary art should or must play a special role in the face of this unique crisis in human history? What can or should so-called ‚climate art‘ achieve today? The film takes a look at outstanding artistic positions from all over the world on the subject, expanding our European perspective to include important voices from the Global South.
The film also calls for self-criticism and initiates a debate about what can art afford? To what extent do the artists themselves deal with their CO2 footprint?
The documentary creates a cinematographic survey of the current artistic debate on the climate crisis and its consequences and as different as the positions may be: They represent a multi- faceted mirror that shows how people all over the world are dealing individually with what is probably the most existential crisis in human history, transforming powerlessness in resistance and eventually in activism and creativity.
Featuring artists like Olafur Eliasson, Sebastiao Salgado, Agnes Denes, Claire Fontaine, Romuald Hazoume, Julian Charriere, Tita Salina, Andreas Greiner and Fabian Knecht.
