Il futuro del pianeta attraverso l'arte contemporanea: i cambiamenti climatici

This paper aims to offer a new perspective regarding the future of the planet through contemporary art, with a focus on predicting and understanding impacts of climate change. Artists involved, in their works, usually are showing the health of the planet. Contemporary art has the potential to play an important role in this global challenge: therefore thanks to the artistic works, we can obtain a very clear picture of Earth’s future. Moreover, contemporary art could have a great power of persuasion in raising awareness among citizens on the risks of climate change. It will seek to make progress on the planet’s future question through contemporary art offering an overview of the artists involved in this kind of works and analyzing their poetics.  The aim of this paper is to show how contemporary art can contribute not only to describing the future but even to understanding global challenges such as climate change.