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.