Century-old postcards, bought in bulk on eBay, are tacked onto a wall in a SoHo gallery space. Arranged like a quilt, the 400 dispatches are nostalgic throwbacks to American destinations transformed into an 8-by-13-foot mosaic of a “rapidly approaching future of catastrophic climate change.”
“Someday, all this” is a new art installation by David Opdyke for a pop-up series by the Climate Museum while the nonprofit ramps up a search this year for a permanent, transit-accessible home in New York City.
The exhibit — located at 120 Wooster St. in Manhattan, next door to the Chanel store — shows off climate change-themed works of art alongside a kid-friendly “action incubator,” an interactive studio that stimulates visitors to learn, act, and express themselves about global warming. It runs from Oct. 8 to Dec. 22.
“Our mission is to help people who are worried about the climate crisis, but not yet active in engaging with it, take civic action and involve themselves in civic dialogue,” said Miranda Massie, director of the Climate Museum. “Art is a profoundly powerful way to do that.”
