The fifth event of Entangled Life programme at Pallas Projects. Panel Talk: Intersectionality in Art and Climate.
https://pallasprojects.org/news/entangled-life-intersectionality-in-art-and-climate
Basil Al-Rawi (Artist)
Tara Carroll (Artist)
Vanessa Conroy (Feminist Communities for Climate Justice, National Women’s Council)
Léann Herlihy (Artist)
The climate crisis is not an isolated issue, it is deeply entangled with existing social, economic, and political inequalities. Gender, race, class, ethnicity, disability, and other intersecting identities determine both vulnerability and access to solutions.
Art and social action have the power to reveal the deep intersections between climate change and social justice, making visible the overlapping identities and inequities that shape how individuals and communities experience environmental crises.
Through the lens of intersectionality and just transition, we can recognize these disparities and explore how creative practices and collective action can act as a catalyst for awareness, and resilience, while challenging dominant constructs, amplifying marginalized voices and inspiring transformation within the communities.
In this discussion artists and activists offer their perspectives and the nuances within these realms. They not only reflect these realities but also play an active role in shaping new narratives, fostering solidarity, and imagining alternative ways of living in balance with the planet.
Intersectionality in art and climate approaches ecology as an intersectional mode, one that acknowledges the inseparability of environmental concerns from the broader systems.
We invited the wider community and communities of interest to join us in this open conversation, and share their insights and perspectives. Time was set before and after the talk to gather informally. Participants were encouraged to ask questions and share their thoughts and experience in a relaxed exchange, blurring the usual roles of panellist and audience.
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Check the full programme:
pallasprojects.org/projects/entangled-life
Entangled Life, supported by Community Foundation Ireland and curate by Cristina Nicotra, is a programme exploring the deep connections between climate, society, and the ecosystems where art and community intertwine. This initiative unravels heterogeneous climate and social topics, by understanding ecology as a complex web of relationships—between humans, the more-than-human world, and political and natural environments.
Entangled Life aims to provide space to facilitate a network of relationships, collaboration and engagement within the community. Over the course of 8 months the project will bring together community participants, artists and experts for a series of monthly panel talks, workshops and artistic interventions at Pallas Projects, culminating in an exhibition in December 2025.
Events take place Wednesdays, 6–8pm. Participants are welcome to attend some or all events
