Climate Culpable
2021. 24 flags, prints on fabric and oil, 140x100 cm each.
Related works from the
- Climate Tribunal series.
Related shows
- Climate Mismatch, Venice, 2023
- Lab Montagna, Turin, 2022
- Natural Sovereignty, Capri, 2021
Related texts
- Climate Tribunal artist's book, 2024
- Climate Aesthetics artist's text, 2023
- Climate Mismatch, artist's text, 2023
- Climate Class Action, artist's text, 2023
- Flooding NYC Claims, artist's text, 2023
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Climate Tribunal artist's text, 2021
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Natural Sovereignty, artist's text, 2021
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Regulatory Art artist's manifesto text, 2019
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Climate Change Fighters, artist's text, 2010
This work consists of 24 fabric flags featuring the logos of the 24 major fossil fuel companies responsible for over 50% of global emissions, as indicated in the Carbon Majors Database. Cirio blackened the flags with motor oil, creating an installation that invites audiences to reflect on the harmful principles these companies have adopted. Cirio accuses them in the
Climate Tribunal, holding them accountable for the damage they have caused. These fossil fuel companies are often unknown to the general public, as they operate in secrecy without legal responsibility, spreading disinformation, greenwashing, and supporting authoritarian governments.
Titles of the artworks in the series:
China Coal Energy, Aramco, Gazprom, National Iranian Oil, ExxonMobil, Coal India, Pemex, Suek, Shell, CNPC, BP, Chevron, PDV, Abu Dhabi National Oil, Weglokoks, Peabody, Sonatrach, Kuwait Petroleum, Total, BHP, ConocoPhillips, Petrobras, Lukoil, Rio Tinto.
Selected pictures of installations at the following shows
Certosa di Capri;
Museo della Montagna Torino;
Fondazione Prada Venice.
Selected shows and presentations history
Everybody Talks About the Weather, Fondazione Prada Venice, 2023, Venice - Italy
Climate Mismatch, solo show at Sale Docks Magazzini del Sale, 2023, Venice - Italy
Lab Montagna, exhibition at Museo della Montagna, 2022, Turin - Italy
Natural Sovereignty, solo show at Saint James' Charterhouse, 2021, Capri - Italy
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