ICYMI: Artists stage live climate change installation next to RNC security perimeter

Milwaukee, WI — Steps away from the 2024 Republican National Convention, Climate Power, with help from production company m ss ng p eces, organized an art installation illustrating the devastating consequences of Big Oil’s corruption and the widespread impacts of extreme weather events on ordinary individuals. Six storefront windows have been transformed into immersive scenes, brought to life by performers, to underscore of the climate crisis.

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Artists stage live climate change installation next to RNC security perimeter

“A team of actors and artists from Climate Power, a strategic communications organization that seeks to educate Americans on climate change, debuted a public art installation in the windows of the Germania Building, 135 W. Wells St., Monday morning. It’s located just outside the RNC’s hard security perimeter.  

The exhibit features [six] street-facing window displays depicting life-sized scenes of people affected by extreme weather situations, including excessive heat and flooding. Actors will bring to life the experiences of real extreme weather survivors who Climate Power and its partner artists have interviewed. 

New York-based artist Annie Saunders said the installation is inspired by museum dioramas.  

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“The problem with climate change is it’s so conceptual, and the language is so saturated …,” Saunders said. “It’s being communicated with words, which are fundamentally abstract objects, and you have to hear the word and then have a visual or an emotional response.” 

Due to the installation’s proximity to the RNC, Saunders said Climate Power hopes to send a message to elected officials and people in power. She hopes the images stick with officials and help them realize that they too could be the victims of extreme weather. 

“Extreme heat and these issues do not discriminate on the basis of wealth and power,” Saunders said. “It’s coming for everyone.”