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The final chapter concludes the inquiry into creative forms of measuring by proposing that if art offers a solution, it is also part of the problem. We curate a current snapshot of creative endeavours, such as the recent international climate meetings and artistic responses by Olafur Eliasson, which have dominated global discourses on the intersection of art and the Anthropocene. The challenges ahead include the way art too can be co-opted by the forces it attempts to mitigate. The approach offered by creative measures is pragmatic and realistic so long as the imaginary and indirect solutions are understood as potential, actual and direct solutions. The techniques and movements discussed throughout the book have become the bridge between working on the Earth, towards practices of working with the Earth.
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Barry, K., Keane, J. (2019). A Marker of Current Measures. In: Creative Measures of the Anthropocene. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9648-9_8
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