Uncertain Futures: Coral Bleaching and the Loss of Innocence, Beauty and the Sublime

Uncertain Futures: Coral Bleaching and the Loss of Innocence, Beauty and the Sublime

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The works of art in the exhibition Exodus: Coral Bleaching and Heat Stress call attention to habitat degradation due to climate change. Cyclones and bleaching events have resulted in the loss of fifty percent of the coral cover in the Great Barrier Reef over the past three decades. The capacity for...

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Main Author: Robyn Glade-Wright
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: James Cook University 2016-08-01
Series:eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics
Online Access:https://journals.jcu.edu.au/etropic/article/view/3299
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spelling doaj-5d335cdee84144ea9656f9f3fe84927c2021-09-16T01:45:46ZengJames Cook UniversityeTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics1448-29402016-08-01151Uncertain Futures: Coral Bleaching and the Loss of Innocence, Beauty and the SublimeRobyn Glade-Wright0James Cook UniversityThe works of art in the exhibition Exodus: Coral Bleaching and Heat Stress call attention to habitat degradation due to climate change. Cyclones and bleaching events have resulted in the loss of fifty percent of the coral cover in the Great Barrier Reef over the past three decades. The capacity for art to secure belief through reflective understanding is argued in relation to the moral predicament of anthropogenic climate change. The sublime is recast in the form of the eco-sublime, allowing for new ways of feeling and imaging our place in a world where our innocence in relation to climate change has been lost.https://journals.jcu.edu.au/etropic/article/view/3299
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Uncertain Futures: Coral Bleaching and the Loss of Innocence, Beauty and the Sublime
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title Uncertain Futures: Coral Bleaching and the Loss of Innocence, Beauty and the Sublime
title_short Uncertain Futures: Coral Bleaching and the Loss of Innocence, Beauty and the Sublime
title_full Uncertain Futures: Coral Bleaching and the Loss of Innocence, Beauty and the Sublime
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series eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics
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publishDate 2016-08-01
description The works of art in the exhibition Exodus: Coral Bleaching and Heat Stress call attention to habitat degradation due to climate change. Cyclones and bleaching events have resulted in the loss of fifty percent of the coral cover in the Great Barrier Reef over the past three decades. The capacity for art to secure belief through reflective understanding is argued in relation to the moral predicament of anthropogenic climate change. The sublime is recast in the form of the eco-sublime, allowing for new ways of feeling and imaging our place in a world where our innocence in relation to climate change has been lost.
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