How dystopias can save the world

How dystopias can save the world Donovan Quintero/Weinberg/Newton Gallery Donovan Quintero's photos reveal the impacts of climate change on Navajo communities A new exhibition 'mingles the jolt of the dystopian with the lure of beauty', writes Diane Cole. Photography by Evan Jenkins Monument by Regan Rosberg combines black plastic with moss and orchids to startling effect Monument, the show's centrepiece, created by Denver-based artist Regan Rosberg, is only one example of how artists can translate abstract-seeming scientific research into striking works that connect us viscerally with the climate changes we're grappling with. Donovan Quintero/Weinberg/Newton Gallery Donovan Quintero's photos reveal the impacts of climate change on Navajo communities The show also includes an inventive array of reimaginings of the Doomsday Clock: the iconic symbol created by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists to alert humanity to our unceasing countdown to catastrophe, as gauged by the concurrent threats posed by nuclear weapons, climate change, disruptive technologies and Covid-19. Weinberg/Newton Gallery/ Photography by Evan Jenkins French art collective Obvious and Russian photographer Stas Barnikas have reimagined the Doomsday Clock New York-based artist Matthew Ritchie has created a three-part piece collectively called "This world, this garden, this time, or never again ". Weinberg/Newton Gallery/ Photography by Evan Jenkins Matthew Ritchie's version of the clock suggests collective actions that could be taken to tackle climate change The second piece is a sober black-and-white vinyl version containing the same information, this time clearly and boldly printed and impossible to mix.