'It's a slow catastrophe': artists try to tackle the dangers of rising sea levels

In two new exhibitions, shocking photography and video simulations give an idea of the effects of the climate crisisHow should culture respond to the climate crisis? Can it provide a wake-up call that isn't so brutally loud and depressing that we don't just smash the alarm clock and go back to sleep?Exhibit A in such debates right now is Don't Look Up, Adam McKay's comedy/disaster film about two astronomers (Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence) trying to warn that an Everest-sized comet is hurtling toward Earth. The star-studded allegory of distraction and denialism has been panned by critics but praised by climatologists. Continue reading...