“Climate Change - Shell’s role in one of the biggest threats to biodiversity as one of the world’s major oil companies, Shell has a significant role in causing - and therefore responsibility for - man-made climate change”[2]
The role of Art as a way to draw importance of the issues concerning the Natural World is a very significant thing. Although I question in which way institutions are becoming hybrid platforms on advertising Climate change related statements? Those statements are coming from companies of a dubious activity, such as fossil fuel extraction (oil companies)?
How can we openly asses the problem of trying to make society think differently about stories like the Wildlife Exhibition? As a cause and effect Art as a cultural vision opens up new worlds and perceptions, but it can not in the long term be held by companies that manifested activities are opposed to the topic exposed.
Consider for example the real natural damage those oil extractions have for the environment?
They sponsored Wild Live Photography exhibition; Sponsor is a funny word for a context that means to support.
What topic in Art in relation to Climate change could an oil company held for example? Renewable energies, new material coming from “Petrol”, but sure there are many topics good enough in which they could participate and attempt to manifest their interest for cultural sponsorship.
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