{"product_id":"julien-bonet-cctv-kopie","title":"JULIEN BONET - Climate Skeptic","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTechnique:\u003c\/strong\u003e Promptography on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan\u003e50 x 40 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 + 1 AP\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2024-25\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003eSigned, dated and edition numbered by the artist on a separate label.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eClimate skeptics\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eThree giant blocks of ice, stacked on top of each other, enclose a body. They slowly melt, dripping into a puddle forming in the hot desert sand. Only the bare legs betray the humanity beneath the frozen monument.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eClimate Skeptic\u003c\/em\u003e is a picture of paradox: someone persevering in the midst of thawing, wrapped in evidence they refuse to acknowledge. The figure wears their own melting like a shield—or like a denial. It's a silent accusation, but also a portrait of our collective turmoil: between knowledge and action, between urgency and repression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Historically, the motif is reminiscent of apotropaic masks, which were once intended to protect against the forces of nature. But here the logic shifts: The mask no longer protects; it isolates—a fragile monument of doubt in the face of undeniable reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eBonet's work makes tangible how climate crisis and denial are intertwined: the more visible the change, the more strongly some cling to the illusion of immutability. \u003cem\u003eClimate skepticism\u003c\/em\u003e thus becomes a mythical image of a present in which our survival depends on how we deal with the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Part of the ongoing series \u003cem\u003eMasquerades\u003c\/em\u003e – contemporary myths between fear, ritual and collective memory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AI EDITION BERLIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55657534226767,"sku":null,"price":900.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0828\/2826\/3759\/files\/climate_skeptic.jpg?v=1753991229","url":"https:\/\/ai-edition-berlin.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/julien-bonet-cctv-kopie","provider":"AI - EDITION BERLIN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}