Imagine 2200, Grist’s climate fiction initiative, invites us to imagine the futures we want, to celebrate who we are and what we can become, and to envision what it means to thrive.
As you peruse our installations at Climate Week NYC, use the immersive art to try on different ways of living that center restoration, sustainability, and equity. Below, read the short stories that accompany each piece of artwork to dive even deeper into these new worlds.
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La Sirène
By Karen Engelson
Seen at Marketplace of the Future and Imagining Climate Futures
On a submarine housing children born with a genetic mutation, people of faith wrestle with the sin of causing an ecological disaster.
A Gift of Coconuts
By Andrew Kenneson
Seen at Marketplace of the Future and Imagining Climate Futures
A family races against time to prepare their coconut farm for a massive storm surge.
Meet Me Under the Molokhia
By Sage Hoffman Nadeau
Seen at Marketplace of the Future and Imagining Climate Futures
A seed researcher meets a mysterious spirit in the field, leaving both with a choice about where they will call home.
To Rescue a Self
By Arekpitan Ikhenaode
Seen at Marketplace of the Future and Imagining Climate Futures
At the Green Nigeria Youths Fellowship, Eketi tries to find her voice.
A Eulogy for Each and Every End
By Jana Bianchi
Seen at Marketplace of the Future and Imagining Climate Futures
An apprentice undertaker learns the art of death and dying.
Mousedeer Versus the Ghost Ships
By Dave Chua
Seen at Marketplace of the Future and Imagining Climate Futures
When automated ships threaten their recovering ecosystem, it falls to Ah Ma and the crew of the Mousedeer to fight back.
By the Skin of Your Teeth
By Gina McGuire
Seen at Between Waves
Amid the sharks and waves of Hawaiʻi, two people discover something important about themselves, and each other.
Imagine 2200 at New York Climate Week is supported by Agog
Agog: The Immersive Media Institute is a philanthropic organization founded by Chip Giller and Wendy Schmidt that helps people use extended reality (XR) to create human connection, cultivate empathy, and inspire action toward a more just and sustainable future. Agog brings together nonprofit leaders, thinkers, and creators to harness the power of emerging media like virtual and augmented reality to develop new ways to communicate, learn, inspire, and collaborate. Agog’s initial areas of focus include social justice and equity; high-impact storytelling and world-building; policy and ethics; education and outreach; and research. To learn more, visit agog.org.
