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Critical Mass

greta_grot on 28. Sep, 2011 — Lang: No text

Critical Mass

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    Critical mass is a term used in nuclear physics:its concept one comes across when discussing nuclear material. In brief, the critical mass of a material is the amount needed for it to continue a nuclear reaction once it has begun. (wisegeek .com)

    Critical mass is also a sociodynamic term to describe the existence of sufficient momentum in a social system such that the momentum becomes self-sustaining and creates further growth.(wikipedia)

    The term was taken and used to name mass cyclists in protest on roads.

    ie, Critical Mass is a cycling event typically held on the last Friday of every month in over 300 cities around the world.[1] The ride was originally founded in 1992 in San Francisco.[2] The purpose of Critical Mass is not usually formalized beyond the direct action of meeting at a set location and time and traveling as a group through city or town streets on bikes.-(wikipedia.)

    We have critical mass cycles in Western Australia from time to time.
    I have re-used the term again to name and describe my work here:
    A Visual Comment on Mass Production, Mass consumption and Mass Waste.
    This rubbish pile here looks like the mass production it started as.

    This strip is a reply to Eureka!, Let's bike to work, Deforestation #3, bam!bam!bam!bam!....., Big smelly landfill!(BORE), P Far thing
    Tags:
    nature, landfill, rubbish, abstract, red, repetition, bicycle, bed, product, planet, earth, mother nature, environment
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