TY - JOUR
T1 - Artists on Climate Change
T2 - Their Intended Impact and Audiences
AU - Hahn, Ulrike
AU - Berkers, Pauwke
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2024.
PY - 2024/7/21
Y1 - 2024/7/21
N2 - There is a high interest in art's change potential towards sustainability. Yet, there is still a lot unknown about this change potential, including from the perspective of artists themselves. The research questions, thus, are: Do artists who create climate-related art have goals and target audiences regarding their climate-related work? If so, which goals and audiences do they aim for, and why? 30 interviews with artists having been born or living in the United Kingdom, United States of America or Germany were conducted and analyzed. A framework of eco-social change was applied to the interview transcripts, and artists’ goals and audiences were analyzed through thematic analysis. The research finds that artists have a desire for societal impact and wider audiences, but some also have narrower audiences and smaller changes in mind. Moreover, some artists engage in an impact reflexivity about not only the potential but also the limits of their practice.
AB - There is a high interest in art's change potential towards sustainability. Yet, there is still a lot unknown about this change potential, including from the perspective of artists themselves. The research questions, thus, are: Do artists who create climate-related art have goals and target audiences regarding their climate-related work? If so, which goals and audiences do they aim for, and why? 30 interviews with artists having been born or living in the United Kingdom, United States of America or Germany were conducted and analyzed. A framework of eco-social change was applied to the interview transcripts, and artists’ goals and audiences were analyzed through thematic analysis. The research finds that artists have a desire for societal impact and wider audiences, but some also have narrower audiences and smaller changes in mind. Moreover, some artists engage in an impact reflexivity about not only the potential but also the limits of their practice.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85199476743&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/02762374241258632
DO - 10.1177/02762374241258632
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85199476743
SN - 0276-2374
JO - Empirical Studies of the Arts
JF - Empirical Studies of the Arts
ER -