Spanning several new museum spaces, Into the Time Horizon brings together nearly 100 diverse artists from around the globe to confront the climate crisis, one of the most pressing issues of our time. Through an extensive range of media, the exhibition asks how art might help reimagine humanity’s relationship with the Earth itself.
The exhibition takes its name from a concept most used in economics, the time horizon, “a fixed point of time in the future at which point certain processes will be evaluated or assumed to end.” In his novel Ministry for the Future, participating writing Kim Stanley Robinson reimagines the time horizon as the narrowing window that remains to avert the most cataclysmic effects of climate change. It is within this interval, between possibility and catastrophe that Into the Time Horizon situates itself.
Into the Time Horizon encompasses seven discrete thematic sections, while also including several large-scale installations that interweave the project’s primary concerns. It strives to catalyze and amplify protection for the Earth and build an awareness around environmental concerns on many different levels. In the process, it promotes forward-thinking models rooted in collectivity, engagement, and collaboration.