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Ignacio Acosta is a Chilean-born visual artist and researcher focusing on territories affected by extractive industries and anthropogenic climate change. His artistic practice integrates collaborative research processes, employing long-term methodologies and extensive fieldwork to document ecological and socio-political issues through audiovisual means. Acosta leads a FORMAS-funded project that brings Indigenous perspectives on forest fires and drought caused by climate change. He has also been a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Royal College of Arts and the University of Brighton, where he contributed to a project on the impacts of copper and lithium mining on Andean glaciers. His work is characterized by a commitment to understanding and representing the complexities of landscapes impacted by ecological exploitation. Acosta's projects often highlight the struggles of Indigenous communities and engage with their knowledge systems to offer new perspectives on global ecological challenges. He employs investigative practices and innovative technologies, striving to expose the ambivalent power dynamics at play within these contexts. Acosta's multidisciplinary approach combines artistic expression with critical inquiry, seeking to illuminate the urgent need for sustainable and equitable solutions to the pressing issues of our time.
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