Keywords
climate change
communication
contemporary art
psychology
arte
arte contemporáneo
cambio climático
comunicación
psicología
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Abstract
This article examines how and why the climate change project needs the collaboration of artists to address climate challenges from a psychological perspective. Artists can act as buffers between the public and scientific data as well as motivate a more enriching dialogue through the impact of art that addresses climate change. In other words, artists play an increasingly significant role in both raising awareness of and engaging the public on the issue of climate. Artists can turn their works into an effective tool for climate communication thanks to a number of psychological qualities that artwork provides. The message conveyed by a work of climate change art transcends mere intellectual communication because it appeals to the viewer's emotions, invites them to contemplate and interiorize the reality of climate, inspires them and makes them aspire to make decisions and take actions that might change the future of our planet.
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