Oliver Ressler's film projects installations photographs and drawings illuminate the
mechanisms and potential of worldwide protests. The interdisciplinary research project
Barricading the Ice Sheets (2019-2023) chronicles the mobilizations of climate activists
through their activities gatherings and working sessions and presents different approaches
and methods for an artistic-activist practice. In his works Ressler takes a stand on the
problem of increasing carbon emissions and accompanies civil disobedience activities that
illuminate the inseparability of environmental issues and sociopolitical as well as economic
conditions. The corresponding cycle of solo exhibitions also titled Barricading the Ice Sheets
brings together pieces produced within the overarching framework of the project. The
publication presents these in detail by means of numerous text contributions as well as
comprehensive photo documentations and emphasizes the complexity of the climate crisis in its
proliferating manifestations. Ed.: Reinhard Braun Pablo DeSoto Gabriela Salgado Leila Topic.
