CLIMATE CARE: Reimagining Shared Planetary Futures.
Planet Love – this was the guiding idea behind the MAK Museum’s exhibition CLIMATE CARE, part of the 2021 Vienna Biennale for Change. The interdisciplinary showcase featured over 120 contributions from artists, designers, and architects, exploring the concept of Climate Care as a vision for a just and sustainable world shared with other species and future generations.
The exhibition presented projects addressing nourishment, dwelling, movement, production, cooperation, and the mobilization of active hope. Notable installations included Breathe IN / Breathe OUT by crafting plastics! studio, introducing a biobased, biodegradable material with unique olfactory characteristics, and Superflux’s charred forest installation, symbolizing both ecological catastrophe and regenerative potential.
Photo: CLIMATE CARE: Reimagining Shared Planetary Futures
Thomas Wrede, Rhône Glacier, Panorama II, 2018, carbon print on fine art paper, 80 × 260 cm/120 × 390 cm
Courtesy of Beck & Eggeling, © Thomas Wrede/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Curated by Anab Jain, Hubert Klumpner, Marlies Wirth, and Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, the exhibition highlighted the role of interdisciplinary collaboration, bottom-up initiatives, and indigenous knowledge in creating realistic and feasible solutions for a sustainable future.
Visitors were invited to rethink cities, societies, and our relationship with the more-than-human world, emphasizing climate justice and intergenerational responsibility. The exhibition suggested that lasting change can arise from small, connected “micro-revolutions,” offering a visionary narrative of collective care and planetary responsibility—and showing that the Earth could, in its own way, love us back.
While the exhibition concluded in October 2021, its themes continue to resonate, offering valuable insights into the integration of art, design, and architecture in addressing climate challenges. CLIMATE CARE Reimagining Shared Planetary Futures
