"Exhibitions that address climate crisis, extraction, or environmental violence depend on carbon-intensive shipping networks and fossil-fuel mobility, reproducing the very systems they seek to critique."
"The assumption that mobility necessarily produces shallow attention conflates mobility as material infrastructure with mobility as lived or interpretative experience."
"Engagement across these positions may be either fleeting or sustained, but is not inherently superficial."
"All artistic formats operate within ecological systems. Museums maintain climate-controlled environments year-round; collections circulate through storage, conservation, and transport."
Biennials facilitate the movement of artworks, artists, and audiences, which has raised ecological concerns regarding carbon-intensive shipping and fossil-fuel mobility. This circulation is often criticized for fostering superficial engagement among highly mobile audiences. However, biennials serve multiple audiences, including local communities and international visitors, and their engagement can be meaningful. The critique of mobility overlooks the potential for curatorial practices to invite deeper understanding and connections. Ecology in art extends beyond proximity, as all artistic formats interact with ecological systems, including museums and art fairs.
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