4:00 PM A participatory reading from Icarus Complex magazine
A participatory reading from Icarus Complex magazine, Issue 6 (2024)
What does it mean to live on the frontline of pollution? In this reading from our archives, we revisit On the Frontlines — a story by journalist Emma Bryce that follows community activist Jo Banner in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’. Here, small towns sit in the shadow of an expanding plastics and petrochemical industry, facing daily health risks while fighting for their right to breathe clean air.
The piece explores environmental justice, the human cost of petrochemicals, and the courage of grassroots resistance. Through spoken excerpts and still visuals, we invite collective reflection on the unequal burdens of climate breakdown — and the power of those who refuse to remain silent.
Read by dorka szender-kisfaludy and audience members joining her on stage in a collective reading