The War on Smog

From the War on Smog series: youtu.be/MPs59Eat-MA

In effect, the primary threats to humanity have changed. And no amount of weapons systems can insulate us from those dangers.

#ClimateBreakdown #ClimateActionNow

The Suicide of Earth, one

 

#moviepoem #videoart #poetryfilm #climatechange #videopoetry 

You — we — need to change.

Clip below.

 

Full video at YouTube: The Suicide of Earth (One — July 26/23)

https://youtu.be/NdYfJXgyoDM

Beach, train

 

War Markets

 

War Markets
by Finn Harvor

Where were you born?
In what city
was the future written
on the hard,
cakey walls
of destiny’s
blind alleys?

Well, don’t worry —
International markets,
dizzylingly high
on their abstract
mountains
of profit
and gas —
have been teetering lately;
their great volumes —
stacked high as peaks —
are due for a crash.

Experts
all bitcoined (till last spring)
take to media,
and reassure, reassure —
while stocking secret fridges
in faraway
cottage-bunkers
with veggies, dried meat
and fruit ...
food, in the near future,
will be the new loot.

And as the
concussion bursts echo
from one oblast
to the next,
and cheap,
green kamikaze drones
fill the autumn sky,
policy experts discuss
what will happen next:
will the war go nuclear,
will Vlad lob a bomb?
Will we have to respond to
a tactical burst,
without uncontrolled
exchanges
and strategic mega
doom?

Then the experts draw
deep breaths,
and tell us not to fret,
for even in the almost-next-worse-case
scenarios,
the worst that can happen
will just be a Crash;
all those savings in bank accounts —
tinkling ...
piggy banks smashed.
And the resulting Depression ...
trillion-strengthened
by a billion plastic debts
will temporarily-
permanently
last.

And on this patchwork
planet —
battered, tattered globe —
from faraway battlefields,
their earth newly soaked,
to the stock markets
and bourses,
where the day traders
toke,
the future’s just a mirage,
and we, common people,
its fodder,
its joke.

Finn Harvor 

Originally published in Mudlark 

Beach

 Beach: Day/ Train: Evening

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#videopoetry #ambient #fieldrecordings 

Remix of an older piece about riding home in a train after a day at the sea.

Clip.

Full video at YouTube: https://youtu.be/1Be_EE_t2UA

산책/ Hike

 

Jangma/ 장마

 

Clip 3: Yes, Planet, We’re Warming

 

Night, countryside

 

Jangma: le monsoon coreen

 

Climate change in South Korea

#globalwarming #climatechange 

Clip — full video at YouTube: https://youtu.be/w8e9G4TUcIk . 

Climate change is real and it’s been affecting the weather patterns in South Korea for many years.

What changes do you notice in your region? 

ChatGPT and creative writing

#canlit #ChatGPT #chatgpt4 . ChatGPT is causing consternation among writers. What kind of effects strategies can we develop to prevent literary culture from being “disrupted”? The answer lies partly in better criticism. 

Clip above.

Full video at YouTube: https://youtu.be/UZuW9xPAgV4

Weird Weather, Wonky Weather

#climatechange #moviepoem #globalwarming #weatherpattern

If curious, full video at YouTube: https://youtu.be/UPrH6pu2bsI

Sudden changes in temperature are nothing new during transitional seasons like the spring and fall. But in recent years, these changes in South Korea have become more abrupt and extreme, leading to noticeable changes in the breeding of frogs and blooming of spring flowers. What is happening in your part of the world?

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#changementclimatique #moviepoem #réchauffementglobal #weatherpattern

 Les changements soudains de température ne sont pas nouveaux pendant les saisons de transition comme le printemps et l’automne.  Mais ces dernières années, ces changements en Corée du Sud sont devenus plus brusques et extrêmes, entraînant des changements notables dans l’élevage des grenouilles et la floraison des fleurs printanières.  Que se passe-t-il dans votre partie du monde ?

Boy Meets Girl After Battle 2

 

Sori Oasis

New poster for my mini doc Sori Oasis (“Sori” means sound in Korean). Was shot in and around the Soraepeul hiking trail in central Gangnam, Seoul. Cities need “quietness zones.” 

YouTube link: https://youtu.be/X8Ybg1LkaHQ #SoundPollution #Seoul #urbanbiodiversity 

Boy meets girl after battle

 

Your World

 

 Happy that/ heureux que my quasi experimental documentary/ moviepoem Your World took a prize at the Athvikvaruni IFF and is a selection at the Sittannavasal IFF, both in India. Perhaps because of the project’s subject matter, this movie seems to be resonating with juries in India.

If curious, YouTube link: https://youtu.be/kaI1ZtdRVPA

Three Tragedies, Four Seasons

 

Winter’s Cold Memories