The Present Future 2

Glimpsing the predicament of our moment, of "a human world newly and suddenly vulnerable to the forces of a changed planet," writer and artist team up to question the fantasy of human control over destiny.

That's the tag line for "The Present Future: Paintings for a very hot planet," a showcase of paintings by Alexis Rockman, accompanied by an essay from Bill McKibben, in the latest issue of Orion Magazine. Check it out.

David Roberts is staff writer for Grist. You can follow his Twitter feed at twitter.com/drgrist.

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  1. birdboy Posted 11:00 am
    08 Feb 2006

    many futures agoExcellent reading and awesome art.
    Both address our relationship with nature, and how our self-awareness and fierce individualism have broken our bond with Earth Mother.
    "the capacity for restraint is precisely what separates us from the rest of nature"
    and yet we persist.

    a liberal in redsville

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  2. risinglucifer Posted 7:53 pm
    05 Mar 2006

    REThe artwork is definatly precious. Intersting tagline too, I doubt that most artists could draw along that line. His work sure is fantastic, so are the write ups. It makes such reflect upon seeing/reading such articles.

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