Violent Ends: The Arts of Environmental Anxiety

Global warming — a term that brings to mind rising sea levels, marauding fire storms, drought-parched lands, retreating glaciers — brings to heart feelings of dread.

Violent Ends, an event hosted by the National Museum of Australia, explored these anxieties and the prospects for hope by bringing together a unique group of artists, poets, dancers, singers, scientists, film makers, historians, creative writers and cultural theorists.

This website provides a record of the day. It includes transcripts, images, video and audio recordings.

> Experience Violent Ends online

Convenors:

Carolyn Strange, Research School of Humanities, Australian National University

Libby Robin, National Museum of Australia and Fenner School, Australian National University

William Fox, Center for Art and Environment, Nevada Museum of Art, United States of America

Tom Griffiths, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University

Sponsors:

Research School of Humanities, Fenner School of Environment and Society and Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, and the National Museum of Australia.

Banner image:

Thunderstorm over Paestum, after Turner, Wanderers in the Desert of the Real, 2008. ©Mandy Martin.