Reading Room

Climate Emergency Reading Room

In this travelling reading room you can browse through a selection of artistic books, zines and pamphlets with the climate crisis as a backdrop. You will not find academic articles or research reports here, but rather speculations, fabrications and reflections on what the climate crisis entails in terms of local issues, renewable energy, solarpunk, political organisation, grief, action, resource sharing and community. The climate crisis is an overwhelming, shared problem, but this collection focuses on the fact that there is also hope and strength in unity, community and cooperation.

Climate Emergency Reading Room was initiated by artists/designers Adam and Amelia Greenhall from Anemone (USA). This edition of the reading room, which is on display at Stavanger kunstmuseum, has been curated in collaboration between Anemone, Jessica Williams (NO) and Bergen Art Book Fair. Reading Room hosts are Benjamin Hickethier and Ann-Kristin Stølan.

Artists featured in the selection: &soWalter, Adam Greenhall, An Encyclopedia of Radical Helping, Arthur Pauly, Byverksted, Clement Vuillier, Daniel Eatock, Elizabeth Case & Amelia Greenhall, Emma Larson, Emma Roulette, Eric Schierloh, Eva Parra, Georgina Johnson, Gloria Glitzer, Hverdag Books, Ilse Knook, Ingrid Rundberg, Janine Wiedel, Jessica Kessler, Jessica Williams, Karin de Jong & Kimberly Cosmilla, Knust, Luïza Luz with Ahmet Öğüt & Jamila Barakat, Luïza Luz with gal sherizly & Andrea Galano Toro, MOLD Magazine, Magali Duzant, Marc Fischer, Marie Migraine, Melanie Corre, Mercedes Villalba, Natalija Gucheva, Nikki Sciooscia, Peter Dean, Pleasant Place, Quintal & Atelier Choque Le Goff, Temporary Services, Wong Eng Geng.

This edition of the Reading Room also includes a selection of books for children which has generously been lent by Sølvberget Public Library.