What’s the point of making art in the climate crisis?

That’s the question I set out to answer as the capstone to my Master of Arts degree. A Fire to Last Until Morning reaches out from the mindset of climate nihilism, grief, and anxiety that characterized much of my post-secondary education and seeks to justify itself, and all of our work as artists and humanists, by investigating various scholars and artists working at the intersection of art and climate change.

The film is also available to download, along with a supplementary essay and a transcript/subtitle file here: https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/items/b58bfade-c097-4910-90b8-f27f0a10db19