I presented my work from Fukushima and Chernobyl at the Nuclear Energy for South Africa? conference in Cape Town on March 9th. I also included economic and financial statistics in my presentation to illustrate how the material costs alone, of a nuclear accident can be overwhelming. The conference was organized by the Koeberg Alert Alliance, and included a photography exhibit.
Art critique and columnist, Suzy Bell, of the Cape Times interviewed me while I was in South Africa presenting my work at the Erdmann Contemporary Art Gallery, and working with the Koeberg Alert Alliance. The interview was very complete, but only a condensed version appeared in the paper. Here is the entire unedited interview. Continue reading “Aftermath of Disaster – Cape Times Interview with Artist Jan Smith”
I was invited to attend and speak at the Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World 2012, in Yokohama on January 14th and 15th. I am not a scientist, nor a model activist, but what I could share was what I learned from the survivors* of Chernobyl. On the 15th, I presented these impressions in the session, “Lessons from Chernobyl and Fukushima”.
Continue reading “Four Lessons from Chernobyl and Fukushima – Lesson 1”
Last week, at the invitation of Peace Boat, and as part of my ongoing personal art project dealing with post-nuclear landscapes, I traveled to Fukushima and recorded my first pictures and impressions. Continue reading “Fukushima One Year Later”
It is unfair to compare the size of disasters because lives are affected and destroyed. Nonetheless, the situation at Fukushima Daiichi, although very serious, should not be equated at the same level as Chernobyl.* There is much reason for serious concern, but not for panic, particularly on the West Coast of the USA. Continue reading “Fukushima Daiichi is Not Chernobyl — But Both are Disasters”