Story out of Japan:
A British absurdist artist is stuck off the coast of Japan on board a Hanjin Shipping freight ship after the company declared bankruptcy.
Rebecca Moss, 25, is aboard the vessel as part of the “23 Days at Sea” project – a residency program organized by a Vancouver art gallery that puts artists on cargo ships sailing from Vancouver to Shanghai.
Her plan while onboard the ship was to create a film based on the journey. But that changed last week when Hanjin Shipping Co. filed for bankruptcy, leaving many of its vessels stranded and unable to dock at ports for fear of creditors seizing the ships and their contents.
“For those familiar with my art practice, and with my sense of humour, this situation is oddly suited to me,” Moss said in a statement, posted to the “23 Days at Sea” Facebook page Monday.
“My proposal for this residency was to explore a mechanical system inserted into nature, which the French philosopher Henri Bergson described as comedic. Surely, we can all agree that this turn of events has enormous potential, and is strangely tailored to my interests.”
Hanjin Shipping Co., the world’s seventh-largest shipping container company, has an estimated US$14 billion in goods on dozens of ships around the world.
The company’s collapse under debts of $5.5 billion has caused havoc in global trade networks and a surge in freight rates. Cont.
Story from - Global News
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