This video might be a little dated for it was the Environmental Defense Fund's ad to promote their campaign to stop global warning in 2008. Actually, my point here is not about being relevant or even coherent with the news. I simply want you to ask yourselves a basic question : when and why did polar bears become the sacrificial figures of global warming? Polar bears seem to have always monopolized the "I'm the n°1 victim, soon my kind will be extinguished, so please don't touch my fur" field of protest. However, this is a common place and also a serious form of discrimination. I mean : hello! Many species are also going to perish and some of them even sooner then those white teddy bears that are only good at slaughtering baby seals and staying all day long on melting glaciers - which tells us how hard they try to make their survival instinct work. Eventually, speaking of the video itself, I would say that its director, "the artist" Joshua Allen Harris, needs to make efforts on the notion of verisimilitude in arts. Harris's creation is alright and my mother found it beautiful and stuff. But as a street artist, you must not lie to people because it is SO wrong and I'll tell you why Harris can't get away with it. First, a polar bear is not white. The beast is dirty and blood thirsty therefore it is muddy-grey. Second, polar bears - in real life - do not make you feel all emotional. I saw Knut in Berlin and the guy is a bored teenager who'd rather see some female polar bear's titties than bring German emos to tears. So let us be clear : Joshua Allen Harris needs to stop joking about global warning and ruining a noble cause just because he wants people to see his own "artistic" and fake vision of the world.
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
"Polar bears are so overrated", anonymous environmental artist.
This video might be a little dated for it was the Environmental Defense Fund's ad to promote their campaign to stop global warning in 2008. Actually, my point here is not about being relevant or even coherent with the news. I simply want you to ask yourselves a basic question : when and why did polar bears become the sacrificial figures of global warming? Polar bears seem to have always monopolized the "I'm the n°1 victim, soon my kind will be extinguished, so please don't touch my fur" field of protest. However, this is a common place and also a serious form of discrimination. I mean : hello! Many species are also going to perish and some of them even sooner then those white teddy bears that are only good at slaughtering baby seals and staying all day long on melting glaciers - which tells us how hard they try to make their survival instinct work. Eventually, speaking of the video itself, I would say that its director, "the artist" Joshua Allen Harris, needs to make efforts on the notion of verisimilitude in arts. Harris's creation is alright and my mother found it beautiful and stuff. But as a street artist, you must not lie to people because it is SO wrong and I'll tell you why Harris can't get away with it. First, a polar bear is not white. The beast is dirty and blood thirsty therefore it is muddy-grey. Second, polar bears - in real life - do not make you feel all emotional. I saw Knut in Berlin and the guy is a bored teenager who'd rather see some female polar bear's titties than bring German emos to tears. So let us be clear : Joshua Allen Harris needs to stop joking about global warning and ruining a noble cause just because he wants people to see his own "artistic" and fake vision of the world.
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