Journalist Peio H. Riaño and environmental activist Sam Gómez talk about the climate emergency and the role of art and cultural institutions.

“On a dead planet, art is destroyed,” declared environmental activist Sam Gómez shortly after gluing his hand to the frame of Goya’s Las Majas in the Prado Museum.

Recently, groups of climate activists have staged protest actions in several of the most important museums in Europe, achieving great media coverage and a polarized debate about these awareness-raising strategies.

Among these voices, the Secretary General of the UN Antonio Gutierres, stated: “The radicals are not the young environmentalists, but these companies and governments for their inaction”, referring to the responsibility of large corporations and governments in the face of the climate emergency. .

Beyond the controversies, these actions raise reflections on the role of cultural institutions in relation to the main challenge that human beings face right now: the fight to mitigate the effects of climate change.

The critic, journalist and writer Peio H. Riaño talks with the environmental activist and photography student at the Basque Country Film School Sam Gómez about these current issues. Patricia Villanueva moderates the conversation.

Addressed to:artists, activists, students and the general public interested in contemporary art and climate change.

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