Anthropocene Art (films)

Perspective

Artist Zaria Forman draws large scale pastels that document Earth’s shifting landscape and the effects of progressive climate change (more about the film).

Building The World’s Largest Underwater Sculpture

Artist Jason deCaires Taylor builds breathtaking underwater sculptures that double as artificial coral reefs. Watch as his newest work, “Ocean Atlas,” a massive, 60-ton sculpture that reaches from the sea floor to the surface, gets deployed and installed off the coast of the Bahamas (more about the film).

Watermark (trailer)

A feature documentary film by Jennifer Baichwal & Edward Burtynsky that brings together diverse stories from around the globe about our relationship with water: how we are drawn to it, what we learn from it, how we use it and the consequences of that use (more about the film).

Dawn of the Anthropocene Time Lapse

Time lapse video of The Future melting on the day of the People’s Climate March, Sunday, September 21, 2014. Artists Ligorano Reese melted a 3,000 pound ice sculpture of the words The Future in front of the Flatiron building in New York City. The sculpture lasted 13 hours (more about the film).