Tate Dialogues: Gathering Ground
Art in the Ecological Crisis
Published on 27. November 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
32 pages
978-1-917055-17-8 (ISBN)
Description
Explore the power of art to inspire change in today's ecological crisis.
Gathering Ground explores threatened ecologies. It reflects on what cultivating relationships can look like when they are built on principles of equity. It brings together artistic practices that defend and embrace interconnectedness in our current ecological crisis and highlights the connection between environmental and social justice, inviting us to reimagine our relationships with the natural world and each other.
Looking at the ground on which we gather, the artists and artworks in this publication ask: How can we live with and make sense of destruction and loss? How can we develop connections grounded in reciprocity?
Gathering Ground explores threatened ecologies. It reflects on what cultivating relationships can look like when they are built on principles of equity. It brings together artistic practices that defend and embrace interconnectedness in our current ecological crisis and highlights the connection between environmental and social justice, inviting us to reimagine our relationships with the natural world and each other.
Looking at the ground on which we gather, the artists and artworks in this publication ask: How can we live with and make sense of destruction and loss? How can we develop connections grounded in reciprocity?
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Saddle-stitched
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 148 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-917055-17-8 (9781917055178)
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Marleen Boschen is an artist, curator, lecturer and researcher based in London. She is currently Adjunct Curator for Art & Ecology at the Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational.
Helen O'Malley is Curator, International Art (Community and Participation) at Tate Modern.
Odessa Warren is Curator at Ibraaz, London. She was previously Assistant Curator, International Art at Tate Modern.
With contributions from Camille Barton, Zheng Bo, Edgar Calel, Carolina Caycedo, Radha D'Souza, Gauri Gill, AM Kanngieser, Outi Pieski, and Abbas Zahedi.
Helen O'Malley is Curator, International Art (Community and Participation) at Tate Modern.
Odessa Warren is Curator at Ibraaz, London. She was previously Assistant Curator, International Art at Tate Modern.
With contributions from Camille Barton, Zheng Bo, Edgar Calel, Carolina Caycedo, Radha D'Souza, Gauri Gill, AM Kanngieser, Outi Pieski, and Abbas Zahedi.