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In this intimate BTS interview, artist Glenn Kaino discusses the beauty of finding strength in numbers, using art to bring people together, and creating collaborative projects that expresses the power of merging diverse perspectives.

This interview is part of IE’s newest video interview series ‘The Future is Intersectional: An Artivist Series’ - a program spotlighting your favorite artists in every region across the country to help you unlock transformative lessons + learnings for radically imagining an inclusive future for people + planet.

About the Artist

Glenn Kaino was born in 1972 in Los Angeles. Kaino’s works, often functioning as poetic contradictions, aim to reconcile conflicting ideologies, opposing systems, and strict dichotomies in material and experiential ways.

Conceiving his practice as conceptual kit-bashing, akin to a model maker’s way of appropriating readymade kits to assemble unique models, Kaino reconfigures the conditions of distinct cultural spheres into ecologies of making in which seemingly disparate materials and ideas are brought into contact.

His studio practice includes sculpture, painting, filmmaking, performance, installation, and large-scale public work. He also operates outside the traditional purview of contemporary art, instigating collaborations with other modes of culture—ranging from tech to music to political organizing.

Kaino is also an Emmy and Webby Award-winning producer and documentarian, whose films have been featured at the Tribeca Film Festival and SXSW.

How to support the series

IE is dedicated to amplifying artists that help us envision better futures for all, and you can be part of this important work. Check out our contribution levels on Substack to become part of the IE Impact Collective. By donating, you will help power this program inspiring the next generation of artists to imagine thriving futures for people + planet.

We’ll also be dropping interviews exclusively for our IE Impact Collective donors - thank you for helping us produce eco-media for all!

This interview is part of IE’s newest video interview series ‘The Future is Intersectional: An Artivist Series’ - a program spotlighting your favorite artists in every region across the country to help you unlock transformative lessons + learnings for radically imagining an inclusive future for people + planet.

About the Artist

Leah is a celebrated environmentalist based in Los Angeles, CA, and the founder of Intersectional Environmentalist. Through Green Girl Productions - Leah has designed innovative programs like London’s first Black EcoFeminist Summit, Earth Sessions community driven climate justice concerts and a grassroots book tour of over 70 stops. Building on her work in the field, Leah penned The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet, a book that serves as an introduction to the intersection between environmentalism, racism, and privilege.

Leah is also the founder of the eco-lifestyle blog @greengirlleah, where she uses her multiple years of eco-focused educational and work experience to inform her ever-expanding list of projects, and connect with her audience of more than 400k followers across channels. Follow her here: .

How to support the series

IE is dedicated to amplifying artists that help us envision better futures for all, and you can be part of this important work. Check out our contribution levels on Substack to become part of the IE Impact Collective. By donating, you will help power this program inspiring the next generation of artists to imagine thriving futures for people + planet.

We’ll also be dropping interviews exclusively for our IE Impact Collective donors - thank you for helping us produce eco-media for all!

This interview is part of IE’s newest video interview series ‘The Future is Intersectional: An Artivist Series’ - a program spotlighting your favorite artists in every region across the country to help you unlock transformative lessons + learnings for radically imagining an inclusive future for people + planet.

About the Artist

Sanjana Sekhar is an author, filmmaker, and narrative strategist on a mission to make climate action the hottest place to be. As the founder of GARMI, an experimental newsletter and creative studio, she leverages systems-thinking storytelling to reclaim extractive narratives and world-build towards a healthy human future on Earth.

Sanjana has been featured in Grist’s Imagine 2200 Climate Fiction Anthology, the Hollywood Climate Summit, and the Webby Honorees, and she’s worked with organizations such as the Center for Cultural Power, Visit California, and The Washington Post. She’s based in Los Angeles.

How to support the series

IE is dedicated to amplifying artists that help us envision better futures for all, and you can be part of this important work. Check out our contribution levels on Substack to become part of the IE Impact Collective. By donating, you will help power this program inspiring the next generation of artists to imagine thriving futures for people + planet.

We’ll also be dropping interviews exclusively for our IE Impact Collective donors - thank you for helping us produce eco-media for all!