Heart
HD video, large-format prints (2019)As a child, watching a lot of Captain Planet and the Planeteers instilled in me an optimistic if not idealistic notion of environmentalism. I still struggle with that today. I teeter between: believing that the small efforts that each of us can make on a daily basis will collectively make a difference; and doubting that we’ll be able to pull ourselves back from imminent doom. In the end, I usually return to optimism and idealism. Love conquers all. With heart, humans can do anything. Right? Right!?
The Captain Planet character Ma-Ti embodied this sentiment. Unlike his showy fellow planeteers that relied on elemental force to fight off the eco-villains, Ma-Ti wielded the humble power of “heart.”
Partly to honor and amplify little Ma-Ti, and partly to capture my teetering spirit, I made a supercut of every time Ma-Ti wields his heart powers in Season 1 of Captain Planet. Accompanying the video were a pair of large-format inkjet prints that used paper made from recycled junk mail and a font that printed with less ink.
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PIN by Hoon Kim (Colophon)
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HD video, 01:42 duration
- Single-sided prints on paper made from recycled junk mail, 1-color inkjet, 13 × 19 inches
