Documentary

This large-scale bright yellow Urchin was a commission for the Japanese company PARCO as part of Jon Goldman’s AIR AQUARIUM series of inflatable sculptures. Ultimately the big yellow urchin was installed in Hibarigaoka, outside of Tokyo on the roof of it brand new vertical mall owned by Art-forward PARCO.

As tourism and overdevelopment collides with Climate Change a sustainable culture is transformed on the island of Bali, Indonesia, as traditional rice farming is under assault because of water shortages diverted to villas, hotels and and other strains on the infrastructure. As water becomes the next battleground in resources, is the only outlook for the farmer to sell his land? This is a microcosm of impacts of economic strains on vital resources worldwide and a glimpse into how the most consumed grain feeding one fifth of the world as a staple is changing.

In 2016 we lived on what the local Balinese called the “SAWAH” or rice terrace. The entire life cycle of the rice as an integral part of daily activities of the villagers unfolded before our eyes. It raised the questions of how the water table or the changes in climate had affected the rice field workers who depend on the harvest to feed their families. Between touristic development, and changes in traditional culture, much is at stake.
 

You can’t drive a car today without feeling responsible for what happened on the Gulf Coast in the largest oil spill in U.S. history.

Faulty concrete, lack of supervision, and profit motive aside, we still have gas in our tanks, while our electrical vehicles charge via hydroelectric, and coal, and the solar farm reduces our energy costs for ten years.

Still, EVERYTHING we touch, purchase, see, eat, DO, imagine is made possible because of decisions made on a model for unsustainable industrialization.

Facing the sacrifices of the challenge to do better is daunting at the very least. Undeniably the temperature, the water levels, the quantity of stuff increases.

Welcome to the conundrum of our time.