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    1. What is the Anthropocene in your experience? Has my exhibition taught you anything new or made you think differently? What are your takeaways? What is your favorite part of living in the Anthropocene? What do you think the world will look like in 100 years?

      The Anthropocene, in my experience, is the accumulation of small, everyday choices. It's knowing the systems you rely on are harmful, but participating in them anyway.

      The museum perspective made it feel eerie — like our present is already being archived and judged. It's helped my realization that we're not just studying the Anthropocene, but actively shaping it ourselves.

      My main takeaway is that there's no outside to these systems. Even the reflections — through AI, media, or this project itself — are part of the same infrastructures it critiques.

      My "favourite" part of living in the Anthropocene is the awareness. I think there's something meaningful about recognition, even if it doesn't always lead to resolution.

      Unfortunately, I have no idea what the world will look like 100 years from now, and I would rather leave it that way. I don't like thinking too much about things that are out of my control.

    1. Thomas and Rachel, our in-house historians, tackle the interview with L.U.M.E.N on this episode of The Curator's Cut to bring some more context to Madigan's environmental contributions. Listen now.

      This podcast felt really eerie to me, largely due to the fact that it's AI technology discussing environmental impact. There's something almost oxymoronic about systems that rely on energy-intensive infrastructures reflecting on the damage those same systems contribute to.

    1. On the other hand, streaming, often assumed to be the clean alternative, is not straightforward either. Music streaming's carbon cost is distributed across data centers, network infrastructure, and device manufacturing, collectively significant but invisible to the consumer. Studies suggested that the carbon footprint of streaming an album multiple times could exceed that of producing a physical copy, though this depends heavily on the energy source of the data centers involved.

      This section really challenges my idea of "ethical consumption." I always assumed streaming was the more sustainable option, but this complicates that by showing how its environmental cost is just less visible. It feels like there's no clear solution — either you contribute to material production or to invisible digital infrastructures. I'm wondering if that's the point, but then it also leaves me unsure about what action is actually possible.