The City and the Sea
Current-day Mumbai was originally an archipelago of seven separate islands in the marsh waters of the Arabian Sea off the
Imagining Water
Capturing Water
All of the artists that I have highlighted in this “Imagining Water” series over the past two years have worked
Coral Universe
Courtney Mattison is a ceramic sculptor and ocean advocate based in Los Angeles, California. She creates monumental ceramic installations that
Cutting Water
Susan Knight is a painter and installation artist based in Omaha, Nebraska, who has focused since 2002 on the aesthetic
Atul Bhalla: On the Physical, Historical, Religious and Political Aspects of Water
Atul Bhalla is a New Delhi-based conceptual and performance artist. Using photography, video and installation, he has spent the last
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Women of the World: Sing the Algonquin Water Song
I recently came across a 2018 YouTube video entitled, Sing the Water Song. Its inspiring message and plea for women
Painting the Oceans: All of Them
Danielle Eubank is an expedition artist and, as such, has dedicated the last 20 years to traveling and painting the
On the Enduring Beauty, Power and Fragility of Water
American sculptor and installation artist Nancy Cohen is passionate about water, so much so that much of her work for the
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Inuit Artists on their Changing Relationship with the Land and Sea
Inuit are an Indigenous people who live mostly in the circumpolar regions of Canada, Alaska and Greenland. Although the various
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Writing the Future of Water
Science fiction writers create stories that take place in the future and include inventive settings and imaginative elements such as new universes and societies, time travel and extraterrestrial beings. American writer Robert Heinlein (1907 – 1988), often considered the “dean of science fiction writers” and author of classics, Stranger in a Strange Land and Starship Troopers, referred to the genre as “realistic speculation about possible future events, based solidly on adequate knowledge of the real world, past and present, and on a thorough understanding of the nature and significance of the scientific method.” Effective science fiction challenges us to examine the physical, moral and political consequences of new technologies and scientific inventions as well as aspects of governance, society and human behavior. As global warming and climate change have become an increasingly important part of our collective consciousness, a number of science fiction writers have imagined how future worlds will function without adequate sources of water, the fundamental requirement for life. Frank Herbert: Dune Dune by