Environmental artists have risen to the challenge of communicating the urgency of public action to address environmental problems such as air pollution and climate change. Joining this challenge, the immersive artwork Pollution Pods (PPs) was created through a synthesis of knowledge from the fields of environmental psychology, empirical aesthetics, and activist art. This study summarizes the scientific process in this transdisciplinary project and reports the findings from a questionnaire study (N = 2662) evaluating the effect of the PPs on visitors. Data were collected at the first two exhibitions of the installation, one in a public park in Trondheim, Norway, and one at Somerset House, London, UK. Intentions to act were strong and slightly increased after visiting the art installation. Individual changes in intentions were positively associated with self-reported emotions of sadness, helplessness, and anger and self-reported cognitive assessment their awareness of the environmental consequences of their action, their willingness to take responsibility for their consequences, and belief in the relevance of environmental problems for daily life. Education and age were negatively associated with intentions. Despite favorable intentions, however, taking advantage of an actual behavioral opportunity to track one's climate change emissions behavior after visiting the PPs could not be detected. We conclude that environmental art can be useful for environmental communication and give recommendations for communicators on how to best make use of it. We emphasize the potential benefits of art that encourages personal responsibility and the need for valid behavior measures in environmental psychological research.

环保艺术家已经面临挑战，即传达公共行动的紧迫性，以解决诸如空气污染和气候变化等环境问题。伴随着这一挑战，沉浸式艺术作品Pollution Pods（PPs）是通过对环境心理学，经验美学和激进主义艺术领域的知识进行综合而创建的。这项研究总结了该跨学科项目的科学过程，并报告了调查表研究的结果（N = 2662）评估PP对访客的影响。在装置的前两个展览中收集了数据，一个在挪威特隆赫姆的公园中，一个在英国伦敦的萨默塞特宫中收集。参观美术装置后，表演的意图很强烈，略有增加。个人的意图改变与自我报告的悲伤，无助和愤怒情绪以及自我报告的认知评估呈正相关，他们对自己的行为对环境的后果的意识，对后果承担责任的意愿，以及对自己的重要性的信念。日常生活中的环境问题。学历和年龄与意图负相关。尽管有良好的意愿，但是，在探访PP后仍无法利用实际的行为机会来追踪一个人的气候变化排放行为。我们得出的结论是，环境艺术对于环境交流很有用，并为传播者提供了如何最好地利用它的建议。我们强调鼓励个人承担责任的艺术的潜在利益，以及在环境心理学研究中需要采取有效行为措施的必要性。