>This is the issue of art used to protest
>or promote or criticize various nuclear
>programs
That's very interesting indeed.
I would like just to mention Edgar Varèse's "Ionization"
scored for percussion. The title refers to atomic fission
and it has been reported that the scientists at Oak Ridge -while
they were working on the atomic bomb- they were frequently
listening to a recording of it. To get inspired? :-)
I'm not sure if Varèse knew about this.... not that it matters very much.
It's an old-nice piece.
The scary thing for me is that there are so called "poor" and underdeveloped
countries which are very eager to promote nuclear power without
examining alternatives. The contradictions of the real :-)
Thanos
>Yasminers-
>
>I am in Texas for a meeting hence the brevity...but I thought Gabrielle
>raised a great point that I'd be curious to hear more about. This is the
>issue of art used to protest or promote or criticize various nuclear
>programs. I am certain there is a great deal of this in the US context...but
>I'd very much like to hear about or see examples of this in other national
>contexts.
>
>Patrick
>
>
>On 6/16/09 7:00 AM, "Gabrielle Decamous" <g.decamous@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear all...
>>
>> As Roger mentioned India, I wanted to mention the politic and
>> scientific interactions following India¹s nuclear programs, when
>> Pakistan intended to develop its own nuclear arsenal in order to be
>> able to compete. The Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan has
>> also been convicted for selling blueprints of nuclear weapons to North
>> Korea, Libya and Iran. The constitution of a black market of nuclear
>> weapons between developing countries caused much worries in the West
>> of course. Even out of the Cold War era, the tensions resulting in
>> (modernistic) technological competition seems to continue developing,
>> including national/local and international interests. In such a
>> complex context, I would like to ask if art can be considered as
>> relevant? And if yes, what type of art (does it have to extend nuclear
>> criticism)?
>>
>> Gabrielle
>
>
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