James Acord, Mark Waller, Carey Young explored the economic and cultural legacy of atomic power in an exhibition of commissioned works shown in London 1998, Slovenia 1999, Nottingham 1999.
His argument is that ‘art is not frivolous’ and that scientists shouldn’t have a monopoly of access to nuclear technology.
His deadly serious ambition to build a 'nuclear Stonehenge' on a heavily contaminated site at Hanford - home of the Bomb - has led him through a tragi-comic dance with the US Department of Energy.
This man is wild. It is pushing the boundaries of what is art or rather dangerous and disastrous.
On the other hand, the Critical Art Ensemble he said was interested in ’stopping the abuse of information so we can make an intelligent decision.’
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