Atlanta Botanical Garden
I’ve been in pursuit of music and art grappling with climate change over the past few weeks.
First, I saw the world premiere of Julia Wolfe’s concert , which is part of the New York Philharmonic’s Earth-themed series.
It was at moments inspiring, doomy at others, and was more theatrical than most works for orchestra – with several choirs and an elaborate projection design to match.
The series also includes John Luther Adams’s more abstract , proof that an orchestra going flat out is as good as anything else at evoking planetary change.
On the lighter side, I visited


![Ryoji Ikeda, data-cosm [n?1], 180 Studios, 2025. Photo by Alice Lubbock.](https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/23114419/SEI_281523359.jpg)
