Waves are a popular element in Japanese arts and crafts, particularly in the many wood carvings from the 19. century, like the famous "Great Wave" (around 1830) by Hokusai. Here is an example, a small saucer from a random Asian food store in Germany: In an...
These images are from an exhibition at the Japanese Palais in Dresden in 2023. The installation is by the Czech artist group Forman Brothers. The look is very reminiscent of Japanese art. The design here uses only the wave crests to signify water, the ground is left...
Already in 1986 the well known German news-magazine Der Spiegel published this image on it's front page. It depicts the Dome of Cologne, one of the most important cultural heritage sites of Germany, partially flooded. The visual strategies of the media have not...
The New Harbour in Bremerhaven is protected by a dike. Behind the dike lie the German Maritime Museum, the Klimahaus and further behind the city's center. Right behind the dike stands a sculpture to commemorate the danger of storm surges. Copper rings on the pole of...
Mural in Bremen Neustadt advertising the local beer company Beck's. The building and the brewery are directly adjacent to a dike that is in urgent need of renovation and elevation. A building at Hongkongstraße in Hamburg's harbour district adorned with japanese style...
The Alexander Romance is an account of the life and exploits of Alexander the Great. Although constructed around a historical core, the romance is largely fictional. It was widely copied and translated, accruing various legends and fantastical...
I found this image on facebook. It's from the twitter account of @bothcoasts and was posted on October 1st 2022. It was taken in Naples, Florida, USA.Thanks to Princess Brown-Burkert for the lead. Interestingly enough a year later these images were taken in Bremen,...
"Asunder is an art project that responds to a growing interest in the application of AI to critical environmental challenges. [...] It's a fictional 'environmental manager' that proposes and simulates future alterations to the planet to keep it safely within planetary...
https://youtu.be/ohE6ZFPr2W8 Climate adaptation for coastal cities will require altered relationships to the sea and the marine ecosystem. future coastal city communities will live closer to and closer with the sea and it's inhabitants. This will most likely require...
In the Donald Duck story "Zio Paperone e la deriva dei monumenti" by Italian comic artists Giorgio Pezzin and Giorgio Cavazzano, Uncle Scrooge together with Donald and his nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie save the historic buildings of Venice from rising floods....
