Creativity, Climate and the Future We Share

Artists, scientists and the public unite for film screenings and a panel on how creativity helps us understand and face the climate crisis.

Creativity, Climate and the Future We Share brings together artists, scientists and the public for a special Climate Action Week screening and panel discussion. Including a screening of the short films Shared Terrain by Louis Haugh and Forest Songs by Cracking Light Productions (Maeve Stone and Alex Gill in collaboration with composer Tom Lane), this event highlights the vital role of the arts and creativity in shaping our understanding of the natural world and what is at stake as the climate crisis intensifies. The event will start with a reception from 5.45pm; the screening will be at 6.30pm sharp.

Moderated by Professor Quentin Crowley, geologist, environmental scientist, and Trinity College Dublin lead for Ireland’s Knowledge Centre for Carbon, Climate and Community Action (IKC3), the three artists will explore why creativity matters for climate action, and how we can protect the ecosystems that protect us.

The two projects are part of Nature and Place, an initiative of dlr Arts Office that invited artists to creatively respond to the forests in the Dublin Mountains. They were funded by Creative Ireland dlr Creative Communities programme, the Dublin Mountains Partnership and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council (DLR) and supported by Coillte.

This event is supported by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council’s Climate Action team, Economic Development Unit and Arts Office. It is funded by Creative Ireland and DLR.

Image credits: Shared Terrain and Forest Songs.

If you have any access requirements, please contact dir Arts Office by phone 01-236 2757 or by email arts@dlrcoco.ie.