THE complexity, community and precarity of the planet are highlighted in these works from , a new exhibition at the Barbican Centre in London. The show aims to 鈥渋gnite a sense of hope and courage, and to shift people鈥檚 mindsets to reconnect with the natural world鈥�, says co-curator Luke Kemp.
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The image above is a still from a video called Sanctuary of the Unseen Forest, a collaboration between immersive art collective Marshmallow Laser Feast, Andres Roberts 鈥� co-founder of The Bio-Leadership Project 鈥� and artist James Bulley. It explores our intimate connection with trees and addresses 鈥減lant blindness鈥�, a human tendency to ignore plants in favour of animals.
The lead image is a video still from Planet City, a film directed by architect Liam Young that imagines a 鈥渉yper-dense鈥� city of 10 billion people, allowing the rest of the world to be reclaimed by the wild. It shows a speculative solution for feeding the city鈥檚 population.
Above is an image from digital art installation Life Forces by art duo Tin & Ed, which aims to provide a portal to nature by using human body tracking to allow visitors to interact with digital landscapes.
The two below images are shots of Sharing Prosperity, a gaming experience created by DVTK in collaboration with the Institute for Global Prosperity at University College London. Set in the near future, the game explores how collaboration could help the planet to flourish.
Our Time on Earth is on at the Barbican Centre until 29 August.
Article amended on 18 May 2022
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