Water at Goma is not just an art show – it’s a profound space to process climate anxiety

Queensland’s major summer exhibition is dedicated to the finite resource and it couldn’t have come at a more pressing, bushfire-ridden timeFlying into Brisbane for the opening of Water, the major summer exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art (Goma), means flying into what one airline pilot describes to passengers as “significant fire activity”.“There will be an odour of that in the cabin,” was the warning. “It’s nothing to be concerned about.&rdqu