We were delighted to return for this year’s Photoville Festival in Brooklyn Bridge Park! This iconic annual festival included more than 90 public art exhibitions in all 5 boroughs of NYC, walking tours, panels, workshops, and in-person and virtual public programming throughout the month of May.
From Friday, May 22 through Monday, May 25, the Climate Museum presented David Opdyke’s remarkable postcard mural Someday, all this (2021), which was first exhibited at the Climate Museum’s first short-term exhibition in Soho. Someday, all this uses hundreds of early 20th-century postcards to offer a commentary on the impact of climate change on the American landscape. The work explores the migration forced by climate change and the unjust socioeconomic systems that got us here. The artist handpaints on the original postcards, which are a combination of black and white photography with color lithographic printing, to shift existing narratives. Literally turning Americana on its head, Opdyke challenges how we understand our past and calls us to action for brighter futures.
Each day for several hours, Climate Museum volunteers were there connecting with visitors and handing the newest iteration of our climate conversation wallet cards. These cards are designed to help us all engage in more climate dialogue and create ripples of civic engagement.
Someday, all this at Photoville Festival was made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.