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" The art world is a very prissy little thing over in the corner, while the major cultural forces are being determined by techno science. "

Natalie Jeremijenko

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" We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida. "

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" I used to have a lovely Chelsea loft - then I got divorced. "

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" Eating together is the most intimate form of kinship. By scripting a work where we share the same kind of food with fish, I'm scripting our interrelationship with them. "

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" The idea that there is a rational truth out there that is not embodied in a person's politics is something I can't understand or subscribe to. "

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" I created a successful outdoor youth festival - the Liverd festival - against all good advice. It was a great way to explore and investigate social sculptures. Having that as my kind of studio, outside of a museum or precious white-cube gallery, that was a kind of education. "

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" I believe in a tongue-first exploration of the world. Food is our most immediate daily relationship to our ecosystem, and there is something delectable and intriguing about it. "

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" In Yellowstone National Park, there are more 'do not feed the animals' signs than there are animals you might wish to feed. "

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" There's nothing wrong with being anthropomorphic. That's how we understand the world. "

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" Experimenting with your own life is the most fundamental medium we have. "

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" A lot of my work concerns a crisis of agency - what can we do? "

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" Wealth and vegetation go together, and that exacerbates environmental injustice. The poor bear the burden of degraded environments. "

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" Information is not just something you download from the Web. The way trees grow and where birds choose to live are much better signs of water quality than all the data being collected by the EPA. "

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" I am committed to the idea of information politics. That is how contemporary politics are played out. "

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