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    Imagining the Impossible

    Sep 01, 2020 3 minutes
    BY LUCAS IHLEIN AND KIM WILLIAMS
    ILLUSTRATION BY TIFFANY TAM

    At times, as artists, we have to convince ourselves that we have something valuable to contribute to environmental justice. We find ourselves asking: Is what we do in any way comparable to direct environmental activism, or remediation, or public education? Can we do all these things and still call them art?

    These questions arose while we were collaborating on the socially engaged art project (2015–19) in Mackay, Queensland. Over four years, we worked intensively with sugarcane farmers

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