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GREENWASHING. Environment: Perils, Promises and Perplexities
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
29 February – 18 May 2008
Private view: Thursday 28 February, 19–21h
Curated by Ilaria Bonacossa and Latitudes (Max Andrews & Mariana Cánepa Luna)

 

What is at stake in today's constant bombardment of ecological guilt, corporate agendas and political point-scoring with respect to so-called 'environmental issues'? How can we balance personal responsibility with collective consensus, local with global, or short-term remedies with visionary strategies?

 

The works of the 25 artists presented in Greenwashing. Environment: Promises, Perils and Perplexities do not just passively lament the degradation of our planet, or provide pragmatic solutions. Instead they actively articulate the contradictions and responsibilities that we are encountering personally and as a society. The artists presented in Greenwashing – a term used to describe misleading ecological practices – do not necessarily proclaim a 'correct' ethical or 'green' agenda, but allow the possibility for broadening and analysing our understanding of what ecology might mean today. Their works often adopt process-based and speculative approaches concerning fundamental ecological subjects such as energy and resource use. Likewise, several artists in the exhibition consider waste, water, land use, the air we breathe and the oil we consume, offering a critical perspective on the perils, promises and perplexities that have emerged as our climate changes.