Josh Kline: Climate Change (Whitney Museum & MOCA LA)

Exhibited at the Whitney Museum and MOCA, Los Angeles (2024–25)

For this immersive video installation, artist Josh Kline stages a speculative future shaped by climate collapse. Within a darkened gallery, eight tent-like structures modeled after refugee shelters host video portraits of fictional essential workers—individuals displaced by ecological disaster and systemic neglect. Each monologue blends documentary testimony with science fiction to probe the limits of personal agency in a world unraveling.

Drawing from real-life disaster survivors, Personal Responsibility is both intimate and expansive—confronting viewers with the emotional and moral complexity of climate survival. The work premiered at the Whitney Museum and toured to MOCA LA as the centerpiece of Kline’s solo exhibition Climate Change.

Director: Josh Kline

Producer: Caroline Maxwell

Screenwriter: Thymaya Payne

Director of Photography: Aiden Ulrich and Eric Yue

1st Assistant Camera: Sunnie Kim

Production Coordinator: Kai de la Cruz

Gaffer: Jay Warrior

Key Grip: Matthew Foundoulis

Best Grip: Elan Sherman

Production Assistant: Isiah Babilonia

Media Manager: Pierson Andreas

Assistant Editor: Sara Carter Conley

Stylists: Sophia Fish and Bella Anselmi