The relationship between visual arts and weather as a means of highlighting the urgency of climate change is explored in an exhibition at Fondazione Prada, the cultural foundation founded by fashion designer Mucha Prada and her husband Patricio Bertelli in 1993.
More than fifty contemporary works of art and a selection of historical artifacts show the various ways in which climate and weather have influenced our history and how we have met the challenges of exposure to meteorological events.
The exhibition entitled «Everybody Talks About the Weather» curated by Dieder Rulstrate will be hosted at the historic Ca Corner della Regina in the Venice branch of Fondazione Prada from 20 May to 26 November 2023.
New York-based studio 2×4 designed the layout of the exhibition, which combines the artistic elements of the project with scientific knowledge developed in collaboration with the New Institute for Environmental Humanities (NICHE) at the University of Ka Foscari in Venice.
Traditionally, meteorology and climatology are two separate scientific disciplines that focus on weather and climate, the institute said in a statement.
This exhibition, however, deliberately equates these two objects of study and uses visual art and science to frame the climate crisis and its impact on our daily lives. It recalls, depicts and analyses weather phenomena, which is a global issue that unites all of humanity. By talking about the weather, we are ultimately discussing and caring about the future of our planet," the statement underlines.
The aim of the exhibition is to disseminate new knowledge and share the latest academic and scientific research results with a wider audience.
The exhibition will include a series of «research stations» with more than five hundred books, scientific publications, articles and videos, allowing the public to consult the various literature sources of the extensive research behind the project.
The exhibition is complemented by a three-day programme of events to be held in October 2023 and an illustrated book published by Fondazione Prada.
