Japan is currently facing an unprecedented crisis. Even now, one month after the earthquake, the situation at the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant remains critical. Unsurprisingly there is pollution within a 30km radius, where orders have been issued to evacuate or take shelter indoors, but for a while radioactive substances were also detected in tap water in Tokyo, over 200km away, with the Tokyo government distributing mineral water for infants. Further, TEPCO has detected low-level radiation in seawater, arousing fears in neighbouring countries.
We think now is the perfect opportunity to tell people that a society powered by natural energy is indeed possible. No Nukes Posters calls for submissions worldwide to broaden the dialogue of a post-nuclear movements.
There are three themes:
1. The depiction of the possibility of natural energy
2. A system that enables a choice of electricity
3. Any other appeal for a Post-Nukes society
In Japan, protests calling for a stop to nuclear power have started to spread. They could potentially become the biggest groundswell since the student movement of the sixties. We hope to see posters inspired by these protests.
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We think now is the perfect opportunity to tell people that a society powered by natural energy is indeed possible. No Nukes Posters calls for submissions worldwide to broaden the dialogue of a post-nuclear movements.
There are three themes:
1. The depiction of the possibility of natural energy
2. A system that enables a choice of electricity
3. Any other appeal for a Post-Nukes society
In Japan, protests calling for a stop to nuclear power have started to spread. They could potentially become the biggest groundswell since the student movement of the sixties. We hope to see posters inspired by these protests.
There are basically no regulations on the contents of your work if you identify yourself with our aim.
You can use any possible materials for your works but please consider that your work can be printed out and distributed as a poster. So it should be a printable jpg file (max 1MB, 2480x3508 pixels).
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Not only does this brief tie in nicely with my dissertation, as it views the positives of a wholly negative situation, but it potentially offers a design related solution in raising awareness of the severity of this problem.
It echoes the solemn world of Fallout; a world where national strife affects the minds of the country, as well as the everyday environmental hazards the people will have to face.
It is a problem that potentially could be a global pandemic in decades to come, facing this adverse situation now may help to promote the colossal effect that radioactive materials and facilities have on our race on this planet.
I do not want to fall into the trap of being an eco-warrior however as they tend to guilt the audience rather than informing them with a persuasive nudge in the right direction to help.
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