Climate Futurism Erica Deeman, Denice Frohman & Olalekan Jey

Climate Futurism, co-presented by Pioneer Works and Headlands Center for the Arts, features new commissions by artists Erica Deeman, Denice Frohman, and Olalekan Jeyifous. Curated by ecologist and climate policy expert Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, the exhibition represents the culmination of Headlands’s inaugural Threshold Fellowship, a two-year program which highlights the power and efficacy of artists’ methods and processes to imagine a more equitable future. Taking inspiration from Johnson’s forthcoming book, What If We Get It Right?, the artists are creating works that explore topics such as creating new traditions, transforming our food system, reconnecting with nature, strengthening our diasporas, and proceeding with justice and love.

To amplify the themes of Climate Futurism, Pioneer Works will additionally present a host of public and educational programs throughout the duration of the exhibition. These include a new iteration of Science & Society, an ongoing conversation series curated and moderated by Dr. Johnson, that will delve into regenerative food systems and climate diasporas. Taken as a whole, Climate Futurism presents three unique artistic expressions envisioning a transformed and flourishing future, jolting us our of our doomerist resignation with provocative presentations of what could happen if we charge ahead with the climate solutions we have at our fingertips, with answers to the grand question, “What if we get it right?”