Asian countries more inclined to preserve nature due to strong believes that the gods reside in the natural landscape
culture
developed world have a responsibility to set example for the developing world - US switches to renewable then India could skip coal (now use cow dung in poorest areas = methane emission that is 10x more destroying than co2)
countries that are clean - Denmark
Sweden going to be first fully renewable country
setting up the infrastructure for cleaner use - electric car points
Watching 'Before The Flood':
If you could know the truth about the threat of climate change — would you want to know? Before the Flood, presented by National Geographic, features Leonardo DiCaprio on a journey as a United Nations Messenger of Peace, travelling to five continents and the Arctic to witness climate change firsthand. He goes on expeditions with scientists uncovering the reality of climate change and meets with political leaders fighting against inaction. He also discovers a calculated disinformation campaign orchestrated by powerful special interests working to confuse the public about the urgency of the growing climate crisis. With unprecedented access to thought leaders around the world, DiCaprio searches for hope in a rising tide of catastrophic news.
From Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Fisher Stevens and Academy Award®-winning actor, environmental activist and U.N. Messenger of Peace Leonardo DiCaprio, Before the Flood presents a riveting account of the dramatic changes now occurring around the world due to climate change, as well as the actions we as individuals and as a society can take to prevent the disruption of life on our planet. Beyond the steps we can take as individuals, the film urges viewers to push their elected officials in supporting the use of alternative energy sources such as solar and wind power. “We need everyone to demand bold action from their political leaders and to elect representatives who have their best interests at heart, not the interests of corporations to perpetuate a cycle of greed and destruction,” says DiCaprio. “This documentary shows how interconnected the fate of all humanity is — but also the power we all possess as individuals to build a better future for our planet.”
The carbon emissions from Before The Flood were offset through a voluntary carbon tax.
The film has a subsequent website with all the information people need to get involved in tackling climate change - from anywhere to in their own homes and their actions, to charities, to schemes, to products and to protest political agenda that is preventing climate action. https://s3.amazonaws.com/takeshape-api.prod.assets/852126ce-462c-40d9-ae71-1a2c96e82d8f/dev/f61fa7d5-0d34-477a-aad6-7f1aedd823fe/BTF-discussion-guide.pdf Linked here it also has a discussion guide to the films goals, ambitions and achievements. The film covers key humanistic influences; - over grazing - methane and the meat industry - sea water levels - palm oil & deforestation - inequality and disparity Carbon footprint website
Surveying - Primary Research
I got people to take the WWF carbon footprint survey to see how students are in term of waste, transportation, consumption (food, home, travel and stuff).
Questions to answer:
How can we get people to listen? (scare them?)
What are the easiest and quickest ways to cut your carbon footprint (e.g. lights off, water, transport, gas vs electric)
How should our mentality change
Diet - switch to chicken over beef (methane 10x more potent)
Are people aware of the scale of food waste in our country
Design and research uncertainmedia.com - videos associated with words Design on Demand 24 hour responding to live briefs - quick responses, playful, digital experimentation Checkpoints and Chokepoints - designing research - Metahaven - comic book based on refugees - setting an environment Black Mirror futuristic environments and reliance on technology Dunne & Raby if humans need to forage for food / back to basics in a constructive way Critical Mass network set up an exhibition and studio, people can sign into the website and give advice on how he should do the exhibition builds on this idea of people generating stuff and building things 'the fear of missing out' exhibition of contemporary arts based on generated work from tumblr etc - made work by an algorithm Alan Warburton - animator combines conceptual thinking with 3d animation skills to create work Jon Rafman - virtual realities Pascal Rubo Hito Steyerl Nikita Diakur, 2015 ongoing 'ugly dynamics' Brass Eye series - mock news Day Brief: MUSEUM OF FICTIONS Think Tank 1 generating 2 dreaming 3 inventing 4 [con]fusing
Crucial Explicit Protest
government controlling the weather spoof protest https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/lists/alex-jones-mis-infowars-7-bat-sht-conspiracy-theories-w467509/the-government-is-controlling-the-weather-w467722 GIF outcomes for websites / social media
Research presented at DeZeen's 'Good Design for a Bad World' talks at 'Dutch Design Week' Oct 2017, showed the products that designers help create are the biggest contributors to climate change.
The graphic designer behind the ubiquitous I heart NY logo
Launched a campaign to raise awareness of climate change.
'It's Not Warming, It's Dying' campaign aims to create a greater sense of urgency around climate change, with the intention of using harsher language than "global warming".
"There is no more significant issue on earth than its survival," Glaser told Dezeen. "The questions is, 'how can anyone not be involved?'"
He designed a simple visual for posters and button badges, comprising a green disk obscured by black smoke.
The graphic suggests an aerial view of the Earth with only a narrow band of life remaining. The green section is printed in glow-in-the-dark ink for maximum impact.
"symbolically, the disappearance of light seemed to be an appropriate way to begin."
Badges were sold on the campaign website for $5 for 5
The idea of selling in sets was to reduce costs and to encourage people to give them away to friends, family members and colleagues. All proceeds were put towards the production and distribution of more badges.
"If half the people on earth wear the button even the 'masters of the universe' will be moved to action," said Glaser, referring to the large corporations he says have prevented significant action to protect the planet against the changing climate.
People are also encouraged to spread the word by posting pictures of themselves wearing the badge via social media channels using the hashtag #itsnotwarming.
The campaign's Twitter accountshared a stream of news reports and scientific data to support the message.
"Those of us responsible for communicating ideas to others must bear the burden of the consequences of such communication...If one is looking for a purpose and theme to their life, avoiding the worst event in human history is a good place to begin."
Glaser also created a poster to raise money to rebuild the Tohoku region of Japanthat was devastated by an earthquake and subsequent tsunami in 2011.
Worldbeing - a wearable for the world
https://vimeo.com/138649044
“This app has the potential to increase understanding and stimulate action by intuitively communicating and linking our daily activities and decisions to their impacts on the climate.”
Britt Berden - Plan B
Depicting ideals through material use
created a pair of models that show what happens when scientists try to counter global warming.
Dutch Design Week,
The project aims to educate people on the process and effects ofclimate engineering – and to help them understand the potentially harmful consequences.
"We are inhabitants of this world and have to think about what values we apply in governing it but also how we take responsibility on fighting climate change together,"
Working with climate experts, she developed two installations that visualise the two primary methods of climate engineering: greenhouse gas removal and solar radiation management.
"I wanted to create my insights into objects to materialise climate engineering, but at the same time, reflect on today's world,"
"Climate change is the most unpredictable and uncertain issue at the moment," she said. "We have to take responsibility to address this issue for ourselves but also for future generations." - SUSTAINABILITY
"Designers have the power to imagine a better world or create awareness by being critical about tomorrow's environmental challenges."
"My aim is to make the scientific complexity approachable for a larger audience to understand it but also get the public involved in the discussion,"
"These artefacts can be implemented to educate and inform different generations about the complexity of the topic and to inform the public about these realistic but dangerous proposals to 'fix' the planet."
Brewdog Beer
New beer designed to raise awareness of Climate Change's impact
Independent craft brewery and pub chain in Scotland
Titles 'Make Earth Great Again' referencing Donald Trumps slogan
The packaging shows the US president battling a polar bear
Recipe uses ingredients from areas affected by global warming
Is a product protesting against the USA's decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement
Attempts to 'Shake the world by the shoulders and remind leaders to prioritise climate change issues"
The Res Dress designed the beer's label
Use of polar bear is a common representation in campaign against climate change
Made using water from melting Arctic ice caps
"This beer is our statement of intent, to hold a mirror up to all of the establishment figures that could and should do more on an issue that affects everyone on the planet," said BrewDog co-founder, James Watt. "We hope everyone who can make a positive impact on climate change at a legislative level takes note of what the beer represents."
Visitors to Brewdog bars in London and Ohio will be served the beer from an artificial life-size polar bear's head
Proceeds will be donated to 10:10, a climate change charity that tackles climate change at a community level
It hopes to encourage government to change legislation
Design and renewable energy:
Pavegen - a London based startup that uses steps to create kinetic energy
'Smart flooring' solution - relies on pedestrians to generate reusable energy strong enough to power public lighting (just a step in the right direction)
stepping causes electromagnetic induction generators to move, setting off a rotary motion that generates power
One footstep is enough to generate the amount of off-grid energy needed to light an LED lightbulb for around 20 seconds
The tiles have a sensor that transmits data about movement, helping to create an idea of peak times for foot traffic in an area, predict consumer trends, and create heat maps of popular urban areas
Rewards system: in a retail setting, people in a shop are able to earn digital currency for every step, which is collected using an app and used towards purchase or to donate to charitable causes - this creates a sustainable environment encouraging people to move (exercise) purchase things stimulating economic growth in that area in a mutually beneficial partnership, all whilst producing renewable energy that has zero emissions thus small environmental impact.
"What that means is that if you walk into a retailer, you are powering 40 per cent to 50 per cent of the lighting," said Laurence Kemball-Cook, CEO and founder of Pavegen.
"As a user, the retailer would say Laurence, you have made 42 steps, if you can make 50 steps we'll give you some money off your purchase, or even better, you can choose to donate that energy somewhere else,"
This technology makes energy consumption ad creation more tangible and approachable
Educates and promotes climate change and sustainability
"There's a way to engage users on another level, beyond energy...No one can see energy, no one really understands what energy is. But this makes it real."
The brand believes that it is the combination of physical participation and data collection that will aid the evolution of smart cities, as well as changing behaviours to address the issues facing urban spaces in the future.
Founded in 2009, Pavegen has completed over 150 projects globally
It offers permanent public and commercial flooring, as well as temporary installations for events.
Recycling:
Entertainment with a message – how design and sustainable change can thrive, using these platforms for promotion of environmentalists creates this mutually beneficial relationship here both sides receive advertisement.
'The video for Obsession was choreographed and filmed over the course of two years in Japan, using 567 printers and several hundred pieces of paper.
The film begins by explaining how all the paper used was recycled, and proceeds given to environmental charity Greenpeace.'
Pollution:
This bikini is made from a sponge-like material that repels water but absorbs oils, designed to help filter impurities from water and turn swimming to an "eco-friendly activity".
Image if all swimwear could do this, the small change that could heavily impact change for the better.
Design studios The Unseen and The Lost Explorer have come together to create a T-shirt that changes colour when it comes into contact with polluted water.
"When the T-shirt comes into contact with non-neutral water, the pH level of that water is then revealed through the colour of the garment, forming colour shifts through the pH scale from alkaline green to acidic red."
Conclusions:
*sharing features - spreads word and adds social function
*reward systems - get something as a motivation
*social media - a platform encouraging people to partake, could get them followers etc if on a big channel - celebrities on board could offer to share some photos
*need to use shocking / profound language - encourages people to share / look / remember
*use of Internet and being all connected - a scannable bar code? use?
'The Doors' got their name from a book written by Aldous Huxley names 'The Doors of Perception'. Originally a philosophical essay, released as a book, it was first published in 1954 and details his experiences when taking mescaline. The book takes the form of Huxley's recollection of a mescaline trip that took place over the course of an afternoon in May 1953. The book takes its title from a phrase in William Blake's 1793 poem 'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell'. Huxley recalls the insights he experienced, which range from the "purely aesthetic" to "sacramental vision". He also incorporates later reflections on the experience and its meaning for art and religion. Accordingly we can see Morrison was extremely interested in psychedelics and the philosophies of the human and natural world. An American Prayer (1978)
Throughout Morrisons life An American Prayer is the ninth and final studio album by the Doors. In 1978, seven years after lead singer Jim Morrison died and five years after the remaining members of the band broke up, they reunited and recorded backing tracks over Morrison's poetry (originally recorded in 1969 and 1970). Other pieces of music and spoken word recorded by the Doors and Morrison were also used in the audio collage, such as dialogue from Morrison's film HWY: An American Pastoral and snippets from jam sessions. Morrison recorded his own poetry in a professional sound studio on two separate occasions. The first was in March 1969 in Los Angeles and the second was on December 8, 1970. The latter recording session was attended by Morrison's personal friends and included a variety of sketch pieces. The themes of his poetry are death and what it means to be alive
An American Pastoral
HWY: An American Pastoral is a film by Jim Morrison, Frank Lisciandro, Paul Ferrara, and Babe Hill and stars Morrison as a hitchhiker
50-minute experimental film in Direct Cinema style
It was shot during the spring and summer of 1969 in the Mojave Desert in Los Angeles
Morrison stated the film "...was more of an exercise for me and a warm-up for something bigger.
Apart from select excerpts used in the 2009 documentary When You're Strange, the complete 35mm movie has yet to be released commercially.
It's suggested that the inspiration for the Protagonist in the film, played by Morrison, with the script name 'Billy' was inspired by the very real Hitchhiker serial killer Billy Cook who murdered six people on a 22-day rampage between Missouri and California in 1950–51
The film was based on Morrison's experiences as a hitchhiker during his student days
Parts of the movie were meant to be used for fundraising purposes in order to complete the whole project
Morrison showedHWYduring his second stay inParisin early 1971. The film was publicly shown only once inVancouverin 1970 and again in Paris in 1993. An audio sequence from the film was published onThe Doors'spoken word albumAn American Prayerin 1978.
The American Night
A volume of poetry written by Jim Morrison, front-man for the 1960s psychedelic rock group, The Doors, and published posthumously in 1991, 20 years after his death (to the month) by Random House under the trade name imprintVillard Publishing. The book is structured into 10 sections. The title is eponymous with a poem that appears on the album American Prayer, itself a collection of spoken word and musical vignettes released in 1978.
The book consists of his theories on night which the publisher describes as containing "nightmarish images, bold associative leaps, and [a] volcanic power of emotion" and being "the unmistakable artefacts of a great, wild voice and heart."
The American Night is a follow-up and second volume to Wilderness: The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison (first published in 1989)
The Doors (1991 film) Proved excellent research to grasp the character of Jim Morrison, his trials and tribulations, as well as relationships with the people around him. His obsession with death is clearly illustrated throughout the film and well matched to how it is described within his poetry. the film is extrememly intense with many scenes relying solely on the words of his music rather than a script itself. It visually sets the tone of the era References: colour, typography, form, layout
Is Jim Morrison a Poet? David Doody, 2011
An essay by Daniel Nester on The Poetry Foundation’s website, where the author tackles that very question: “Should we consider Jim Morrison, rock’s Bozo Dionysus, a real poet?” Nester’s first sentence gets the discussion off on just the right foot: “There are two kinds of people in this world: those who think the Doors are a hokey caricature of male rock stardom and those who think they’re, you know, shamans." I’ve known those people on the “shaman” side of the aisle and have no idea where they stand on the matter years later. Nester’s essay assumes most of them, in their elder, wiser years, are slightly embarrassed by their devotion to the man and the band. He’s probably right. But he comes across serious people who have thought about the matter seriously and have concluded that The Lizard King was a serious poet.
Nester reasons, “I have stopped worrying whether James Douglas Morrison…can join the tenuous tribe of poets. He’s been showing up for the meetings for so long now, there’s no sense in throwing him out.”
William Cook, 2003
Morrison's poetry is very surreal at times, as well as highly symbolic--there is a pervading sense of the irrational, chaotic, and the violent; an effect produced by startling juxtapositions of images and words. Morrison's poetry reveals a strange world--a place peopled by characters straight out of Morrison's circus of the mind, from the strange streets of Los Angeles boulevards and back alleys. Morrison's speech is a native tongue, and his eye is that of a visionary American poet.
He motifs that pervade all of his poetry abound: the city, sex, death, assassins, voyeurs, wanderers, deserts, shamanism, and so on. The autobiographical and historical references in the poems reflect the myth-making process of turning fact into fiction: the inner world of the psyche and its perceptions of surroundings, a mythological landscape of Morrison's mind.
Nietzsche
Christianity was created by slaves to justify their shortcomings
Morrison's various biographers concur that he read and revered the works of Friedrich Nietzsche. In the most widely read biography of Morrison's life, No One Here Gets Out Alive, the authors attest to the fact that Morrison "devoured Friedrich Nietzsche, the poetic German philosopher whose views on aesthetics, morality, and the Apollonian-Dionysian duality would appear again and again in Jim's conversation, poetry, songs, and life." John Densmore, the percussionist in The Doors, wrote in his memoir Riders on the Storm that "Nietzsche killed Jim Morrison . . . Morrison the Superman, the Dionysian madman, the Birth of Tragedy himself."
"Jim Morrison was probably the most effective populariser of Nietzsche in the twentieth century."
"The first and greatest satyr alive today." FWN
In the first book-length biography of Morrison, published 1980 in the USA - i.e. some nine years after his death - its co-authors presented him very much as a Nietzschean. Not only was he said to be well-read in Nietzsche, but he too was a 'philosopher'. The authors assert that: "like Nietzsche, Jim identified with the long-suffering Dionysos, who was without images, himself pure primordial pain and its primordial echoing."
One of the co-authors, Danny Sugarman, claims that Morrison gave him books which exemplified his Nietzschean devotion to Dionysos. In a somewhat garbled account Sugarman describes the Doors' singer enthusiastically giving him a copy of Nietzsche's 'The Birth of Tragedy', but then goes on to quote from W. F. Otto's 'Dionysos,' while seeming to describe another book by Karl Kerenyi : "I was digging through the books Jim had given me. I set down the one I was reading and picked up 'Dionysus: Archetypal Image of Indestructible Life.'
In a later, thorough, and less hagiographical biography of Morrison, author Stephen Davis confirms that "nothing he read left a more lasting impression on Jimmy Morrison than his encounter with Nietzsche."
While the posthumous 'legend' of Morrison has emphasised the Dionysian Nietzscheanism, the same image was being cultivated in his lifetime during the 1960's when writers on the popular music scene obviously longed to put a more intellectual spin on a hitherto lowbrow culture. Among those writers was Richard Goldstein, who in 1967 called the emerging 24 year-old singer and song-writer with the Doors a 'Shaman Superstar', going on to say that Morrison "suggests you read Nietzsche on the nature of tragedy to understand where he is really at. His eyes glow as he launches into a discussion of the Apollonian-Dionysian struggle for control of the life force."
Quotes on Dualism
"You favour Life, he sides with Death: I straddle the fence, and my balls hurt." JDM
"Mankind will not put aside its sickness and its discontent until it is able to abolish every dualism." N. O. Brown
"... there is a sharp conflict between natural demands and certain social institutions. Caught as he is on this conflict, man gives in more or less to one side or the other; he makes compromises which are bound to fail; he escapes into illness or death; or he rebels - senselessly and fruitlessly - against the existing order. In this struggle, human structure is moulded ..." Wilhelm Reich
Alice in Wonderland (1933, Paramount Pictures) Live action, black & white A film from the era of study so the stylistic techniques are relevant to the production of my own representations. Alice in Wonderland (1951, Disney) Animated visuals Noted for colour palette: Live Performance set design ideas: Macro Vs Micro sets Ideas for deliverables: - Outside shot with a small hand made set that can be made to look life size - can use real pained mushrooms and flowers etc - The main banquet a real life-size live action still using photography - An invitation for the banquet, possibly in old style Reaccruing themes to include: - Checkered floor or table cloth - Red drapes - Colourful mushrooms - Swirls - Hats
