Sustaining L.A.

Now that "the environment" is on the wider political and cultural radar, the issues of what were previously specialized and niche interests (i.e. the health of urban rivers, the protection of green spaces, the quality of our food) have become a bit more mainstream.

This, of course, has its upsides and its downsides. Namely, that the simple act of recycling, to give you an example, becomes an overly symbolic act at the same time that its practice becomes more popular and more important. This is to say that artists, as much as anyone else, are currently working through the meaning and processes of these actions and what our "environment" actually consists of. What to make of this balance between symbolic acts and actual change?

Check out the full issue here.