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That is the tragedy in which the inventor [[Martin Brolin]] is caught in the Tsunamipants project. Martin engages the extreme weather conditions that are associated with future climate changes and tries to engineer his way out-off | That is the tragedy in which the inventor [[Martin Brolin]] is caught in the Tsunamipants project. Martin engages the extreme weather conditions that are associated with future climate changes and tries to engineer his way out-off | ||
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== Related projects. == | == Related projects. == | ||
- | [[Tsunami Pants]] is embedded in the European tradition of the drawn narrative. There is a long tradition of mad-scientist and eccentric inventors in fiction. There are other art and design projects, that tackle the same problem, but none offer a historic collection and make designs and embed it specifically into the debate about climate change.\\ | + | [[Tsunami Pants]] is embedded in the European tradition of the drawn narrative. There is a long tradition of mad-scientist and eccentric inventors in fiction. There are other art and design projects, that tackle the same problem, but none offer a historic collection and none make design-series embedded |
Some are closely related, use humor like: | Some are closely related, use humor like: | ||
- | * The Yesmen, made the survivaball. | + | * The Yesmen made the survivaball, Ann de Gersem made the Life dress, Yael Mer made the Canoe dress. |
- | * Troy Hurtubise, made the Grizzly and Troyan suits. | + | * Troy Hurtubise made the Grizzly and Troyan suits. |
* Inflatable swimming trunks and other inventions in the same spirit by real people are documented on [[http:// | * Inflatable swimming trunks and other inventions in the same spirit by real people are documented on [[http:// | ||
+ | * Digital Peacock Tales, designed by Magnus Torstensson of [[http:// | ||
+ | * Eelko Moorer made Emergency Games, a booklet of rather unimaginative but dangerous games to be played at home. | ||
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Others are more loosely related, and serious like: | Others are more loosely related, and serious like: | ||
* Adam Whinton and Yolita Nugent' | * Adam Whinton and Yolita Nugent' | ||
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I made one case study by following the events around a particularly violent storm on January 18, 2007 in the Netherlands.\\ | I made one case study by following the events around a particularly violent storm on January 18, 2007 in the Netherlands.\\ | ||
[[Storm]] | [[Storm]] | ||
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* smoke and ash | * smoke and ash | ||
* mist | * mist | ||
+ | * forestfire | ||
+ | * turbulence | ||
How they hurt: | How they hurt: | ||
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* falling through ice | * falling through ice | ||
* hunger | * hunger | ||
- | * and the various diseases that move trough refugee camps. | + | |
+ | * missing limbs | ||
+ | * being crushed | ||
+ | * burning | ||
+ | * loss of consciousness | ||
+ | * excessive bleeding | ||
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Urban dangers: | Urban dangers: | ||
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* falling power-cables | * falling power-cables | ||
* collapsing structures and large things falling over | * collapsing structures and large things falling over | ||
- | * panicking masses | + | * panicking masses |
Positive side-effects: | Positive side-effects: | ||
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* Disease: this secondary effect of bad weather conditions is in third place. Because not all medicine falls into this category. | * Disease: this secondary effect of bad weather conditions is in third place. Because not all medicine falls into this category. | ||
* Drowning: and other water related risks are very big business for offshore and recreational purposes. | * Drowning: and other water related risks are very big business for offshore and recreational purposes. | ||
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* Tunamipants could pop-up in FoAM or FoAM partner events. | * Tunamipants could pop-up in FoAM or FoAM partner events. | ||
* Move from the history of safety into the direction of the history of sustainability. I've started tracing my own cultural roots; into the Zeeuwse farms and their (forgotten) technologies. | * Move from the history of safety into the direction of the history of sustainability. I've started tracing my own cultural roots; into the Zeeuwse farms and their (forgotten) technologies. | ||
- | * Tsunamifood. | + | * More Tsunamifood, like the Noodleboots, |
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==Public response. == | ==Public response. == |