The signs of the contemporary climate crisis are by now evident in our everyday life, as well as declared by researchers around the globe. Natural and artificial environments carry within them traces, the remains of these changes. This perceivable evidence must be studied in order for its causes to be revealed and to be able to openly address those who are responsible for them. Likewise, they must be used to develop long-term political and technological strategies that can change the course of the environmental crisis and guarantee the wellness of our planet.

What role can art have? Is it possible to conceive of art as a platform of critical thinking able to redirect the perception of the violence perpetrated on the environment and of the chances to imagine and build shared alternatives?

The works exhibited in this edition of Mind the Gap invite us to embrace such an approach of study, understanding, condemnation, and imaginative possibility revolving around the climate crisis.