There is a high interest in art's change potential towards sustainability. Yet, there is still a lot unknown about this change potential, including from the perspective of artists themselves. The research questions, thus, are: Do artists who create climate-related art have goals and target audiences regarding their climate-related work? If so, which goals and audiences do they aim for, and why? 30 interviews with artists having been born or living in the United Kingdom, United States of America or Germany were conducted and analyzed. A framework of eco-social change was applied to the interview transcripts, and artists’ goals and audiences were analyzed through thematic analysis. The research finds that artists have a desire for societal impact and wider audiences, but some also have narrower audiences and smaller changes in mind. Moreover, some artists engage in an impact reflexivity about not only the potential but also the limits of their practice.

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气候变化艺术家：他们的预期影响和观众


人们对艺术向可持续发展的改变潜力高度感兴趣。然而，这种改变的潜力仍然有很多未知之处，包括从艺术家本身的角度来看。因此，研究问题是：创作与气候相关的艺术的艺术家对于他们的气候相关作品是否有目标和目标受众？如果是这样，他们的目标是哪些目标和受众，为什么？对 30 位出生或生活在英国、美国或德国的艺术家进行了采访并进行了分析。采访记录中应用了生态社会变革的框架，并通过主题分析来分析艺术家的目标和受众。研究发现，艺术家渴望产生社会影响和更广泛的受众，但有些艺术家的受众范围也更窄，想法也更小。此外，一些艺术家不仅对其实践的潜力而且对其局限性进行了影响反思。