CATACLYSMS

A cataclysm is a catastrophe. A large-scale, and often violent event, that causes change or upheaval. Usually, the word is related to events in the natural world. In Mao’s artwork the series was born from the painting “EXODO DALINIANO” (2021) and grew into a whole exhibition.

Nowadays, there is a global water agenda, in which politics, economics and science merge since extreme water-related events have steadily increased over the years; and 90% of climate disasters are water-related. From devastating floods to long lasting droughts, to name some…

Societies are facing a burden on people’s health, security, productivity and business just as water stress expands. Mao gives us a vision to reflect on new worlds challenged by scarcity of natural resources; how humankind will deal confronting water cataclysms when there is a high dependency; with underlying topics arising such as deforestation and agriculture practices…