Reality is overrepresented, and yet sometimes we lose it. Since the very first warnings of climate change at the end of the 1970s, its causes and dangers have been mostly told through facts and data. Despite the growing evidence of its presence, the concept remains intangible and, in many parts of the western world, is still not perceptible. Beyond the ecological emergency, this applies to other complex events, such as social inequality: Either they affect us directly, or we tend to ignore them. We feel immune, are addicted to our way of life and too lazy to give up some of our privileges for the good of the planet we live on. Are we reaching a point of no return? How can we communicate this urgency? How can we, within society, help it move towards an unanimous and effective response?
Humans think in symbols. The arts can foster behavior change and engagement, because they move us on a visceral, more human level in a way that facts simply cannot. This exhibition, featuring work by Marie Lukasiewicz, Fábio Cunha and Ana Zibelnik, reclaims metaphors as valid figures in our photographic language with a great capacity to shift deep-rooted mental conceptions.