Size - 183 x 283 cm
Ballad of a Fat man and a Little Boy takes its title from the two nuclear bombs dropped in Japan during the second world war, this piece is a commentary on our relationship to nuclear energy and the benefits and harms it entails. The nuclear weapons program started during World War II defined the path we would take as a civilization in the exploration of nuclear energy. We are now once again facing an alarming risk of nuclear extinction, perhaps it is time to seriously reevaluate our relationship with this potentially safe and bountiful energy source.
Humans have evolved from a species in the fringes of the animal kingdom to dominate the rest of the species on planet earth along with the environment that serves as a life support system to them all. This hegemony has been carried out with little consideration for the responsibilities and consequences involved in it.
The Holocene was the name of the geological age in which humanity thrived and reached its full potential as a species. Since the start of the industrial revolution the impact humans have had on their environment has been so great that some scientists believe a new geological age has begun, they call it the Anthropocene.
Technological development based on capitalist principles has created a human paradox where our progress can lead to our demise.
© Daniel Botelho
