Alongside seeing some brilliantly innovative fine art (shout out to SquidSoup in particular for Submergence, a walkthrough light installation that modifies according to the viewers» movements), and some truly banging techno, the summit discussions
dove deep into some prescient and
vital issues around the intersections of tech, art, and life.
Carbon dioxide data from Pieter Tans, «Trends in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide — Mauna Loa,» NOAA / ESRL, at www.cmdl.noaa.gov, viewed 16 October 2007, with historical estimate in data from Seth Dunn, «Carbon Emissions Dip,» in Worldwatch Institute,
Vital Signs 1999 (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1999), pp. 60 — 61; fossil fuel emissions calculated from International Energy Agency, World Energy Outlook 2006 (Paris: 2006), p. 493; deforestation emissions from Vattenfall, Global Mapping of Greenhouse Gas Abatement Opportunities up to 2030: Forestry Sector
Deep -
Dive (Stockholm: June 2007), p. 27.