THE GLOBAL CLIMACTERIC
JAUS, SANTA MONICA, CA 2012
curated by Kóan Jeff Baysa
photos by Monet Malek and Clarke Henry
It is said that he who controls the weather, controls the world.The Global Climacteric is a group show lampooningthe politics and foibles of geo-manipulation. In spite of the overall satiric tone, the works in this exhibition have been manifested through a process of rigorous investigation and data accumulation. The exhibition's script replaces nuclear threat with climate change. Eco-politicsand geo-annihilation sub in for The Cold War when world leaders convened discussing solutions to correct past human mistakes while simultaneouslyposturing to take drastic measures to ensure a desired, albeit apocalyptic, future. The New Military Industrial Complex, for eco-geo-politico-manipulation, catalyses warfare between opposing governments as well as with nature itself by instigating unnatural earthquakes, storms, and other eco-disasters. 

 -Kóan Jeff Baysa, M.D., Curator