Title: The Next Frontier
Year: 2019
Medium: Ink on paper
Measurements: 21cm x 29.7cm
Year: 2019
Medium: Ink on paper
Measurements: 21cm x 29.7cm
This doodle opens with the idea of rising sea levels as well as CO2 which makes the peering scarlet celestial orb of our next planetary neighbour, Mars, all that more bright rather than the gloomy aftermath on Earth. This is the first caption to a series of quick ink sketches which tell a brief apocalyptic story of how nowadays space exploration trumps investment in our own natural habitat and an increasing amount of space missions compete worldwide to push for the next boundary to settle and become an interplanetary species. Finding an alternative solution has become a priority but also a vain statement to a nation, company and entrepreneurs with very deep pockets. If half the funds invested in space programs went to preserving the environment and ocean mapping we would not need to seek too far for habitable options.
Should we not master underwater challenges such as crushing pressure and an aquatic oxygen delivery system which would be most necessary in a likewise outer space setting, before arrogantly plunging into the cosmos invading alien surfaces with waves of unknown variables. Variables that again comparably occur under water which we pollute, deplete, and ignore as pit too deep and too obscure to venture. The needs and amusements of a few have surpassed race and identity as a personal monetary legacy to exit a ravaged earthly graveyard.
Our limited knowledge like a narrow telescopic prism bypasses so much left to improve and discover to in turn obsess over the vast universe, our lack of vision towards our own planet and the endless potential which it harnesses is as overwhelming as the giant undersea rivers carved into the ocean floors discovered around in the 1980s yet much remains a mystery due to precarious conditions, lack of funding, amongst others. Fortunately, a few positive initiatives have started to emerge such as the Japanese construction company Shimizu Corp who announced a $26 billion underwater eco-city plan named “Ocean Spiral” that will hold 5,000 people by 2030 sourcing its energy from the seabed thousands of metres below, and the efforts of Canadian inventor Phil Nuytten. Hence the use of the characteristic Japanese icon of the Great Wave of Kanagawa and other chinoiserie elements in a circle to wrap it up in a simple bubble of a doodle. What would life beyond Terra think? This takes us to the next scene.
#TheNextFrontier #RisingSeaLevels #WavesForDays #CircularArt #TheGreatWaveoffKanagawa #かながわおきなみうら" #Doodle #MarsMission #ApocalypticStories #InvestInNature #Environmentalism #UnderTheSea #Pressure #TheLifeAquatic #Inktober #ShimizuCorp #UnderseaRivers #ArtHistorianArtist #ActivistArt #IBKTheSecondGreenLady
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Should we not master underwater challenges such as crushing pressure and an aquatic oxygen delivery system which would be most necessary in a likewise outer space setting, before arrogantly plunging into the cosmos invading alien surfaces with waves of unknown variables. Variables that again comparably occur under water which we pollute, deplete, and ignore as pit too deep and too obscure to venture. The needs and amusements of a few have surpassed race and identity as a personal monetary legacy to exit a ravaged earthly graveyard.
Our limited knowledge like a narrow telescopic prism bypasses so much left to improve and discover to in turn obsess over the vast universe, our lack of vision towards our own planet and the endless potential which it harnesses is as overwhelming as the giant undersea rivers carved into the ocean floors discovered around in the 1980s yet much remains a mystery due to precarious conditions, lack of funding, amongst others. Fortunately, a few positive initiatives have started to emerge such as the Japanese construction company Shimizu Corp who announced a $26 billion underwater eco-city plan named “Ocean Spiral” that will hold 5,000 people by 2030 sourcing its energy from the seabed thousands of metres below, and the efforts of Canadian inventor Phil Nuytten. Hence the use of the characteristic Japanese icon of the Great Wave of Kanagawa and other chinoiserie elements in a circle to wrap it up in a simple bubble of a doodle. What would life beyond Terra think? This takes us to the next scene.
#TheNextFrontier #RisingSeaLevels #WavesForDays #CircularArt #TheGreatWaveoffKanagawa #かながわおきなみうら" #Doodle #MarsMission #ApocalypticStories #InvestInNature #Environmentalism #UnderTheSea #Pressure #TheLifeAquatic #Inktober #ShimizuCorp #UnderseaRivers #ArtHistorianArtist #ActivistArt #IBKTheSecondGreenLady
© 2019 IBK: The Second Green Lady. All rights reserved.
