And let them see what they do
Usually we think of the consequences of our actions after we act. Or maybe it’s not even us who acts, we just give them a silent permission. And maybe the consequences are unobservable if not looked for specifically.
The way the latest major US democracy export incident was conducted could have been evaluated more rationally by ordinary people, immediately after it began. If only what is pictured below had been installed in sufficient number of places.
That’s a Matthew Gale’s concept of a living memorial. The black liquid is oil and a gallon of it is added to the pool with every battlefield causality. The more cruel is the war — the more apparent, noxious becomes the memorial and the harder it is to ignore it.
Also be sure to check out Ambient devices and Nuage Vert which materialised just recently.
23rd April 2008
