Fighting the Fossils. Global use of energy from renewable and non-renewable sources from 2000 to 2050 260 x 616 cm, Handmade ecological paint on wall, PSJM, 2022
In this new work from the PSJM collective’s “clean future” series, part of their “social geometry” body of work, an optimistic tone is adopted to represent future scenarios in which renewable energies become hegemonic.
This is a mural intervention with ecological paint, where the minimalist compositions are based on statistical data, acting as a translation of a graph that outlines the expected development of different renewable energy sources on a global scale.
The mural format returns to the essence and origin of painting: the wall. That’s how it all began: by marking on a rock with a hand. At the same time, it is a nod to genre painting, as it updates two pictorial genres: the one most valued by the academy, historical painting (which are, after all, diachronic visions), and the one most valued by easel painting, landscape.
Thus, these “social geometries” function as “temporal landscapes” that are articulated as social, ecological, political, and ethical denunciations. In the face of imminent catastrophe, they indicate that understanding scientific data is not enough, and they remind us of the importance of art in visualizing a more habitable world.
Concurrently, the inclusion of the word “lucha” (struggle/fight) in the title appeals to action and the need to take urgent measures in this decisive decade ahead, to achieve the emission reduction targets proposed for the 2030 horizon.