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How does a small community in West Clare conceive how it will look 60 years from now in 2084? When George Orwell wrote 1984 in 1949, some of his predictions were alarmingly accurate, and they were from a vantage point of 35 years prior. The town of Miltown Malbay in West Clare is currently exploring such themes in a unique time machine pilot project that it will host later this summer. Work is progressing on the project, titled ‘Room With A View’ which has been commissioned by Creative Ireland and funded under the Creative Climate Action Fund. The fund supports creative, cultural and artistic projects that build awareness around climate change and empower citizens to make meaningful behavioural transformations. Four artists were initially commissioned to spearhead the building of this time machine in the town however, two of them Brandon and Lisa Lomax have since returned home to the US for personal reasons, leaving the other couple Maeve Stone and …
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