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  "Peace on Earth" time capsule. Click here (or on the image) to see a larger view. | The Chronopod Series 1-4This Helsinki chronopod is the fourth in a series. The story so far: 1. Parting. A time-capsule buried in a copse at the end of a garden in Warwick, UK, in July1993, on the occasion of leaving England for the US. It contained objects and gifts from friends who were present at the ceremony. 2. Apology. A time-capsule buried in dunes on the coast of Australia in November 2000. The US presidential election was in crisis; the newspaper we buried did not know whether Bush or Gore would win. We buried the capsule, full of items sent to Sydney from all over the world, in part as an attempt to apologize to aboriginal Australians for the declaration of Terra Nullius by the colonists - that the land was uninhabited. 3. Peace on Earth. A time-capsule buried under one of 21 trees planted in a Peace Circle at Yellow Bird, Woodbury, TN in April 2003, after the US invasion of Iraq. This sent a message (many messages, poems, texts, and print-outs of our Vanderbilt Forum for Peace web-site) to the long-distant future, just in case history forgets, that this war was not universally supported by the American people. We insist on the possibility of conflict resolution by peaceful means. And we commemorate the lost of innocent Iraqi lives, and of US soldiers, sent into action on the basis of systematic official misrepresentations. The plaque attached to this capsule is attached to this message. 4. Now. Kuusiluoto Island, October 4 2003, Helsinki. A time-capsule buried in the hole left by an ancient fallen tree. This time, images, photos of small objects, and texts are being posted on a dedicated website. The theme NOW is meant to provoke reflection on the manifold experience of time, the different orders of the present, the difference between my now and our now, and on the distinct ways in which art, poetry and philosophy can give voice to this complexity. |    Above images from the "Apology" capsule buried on the coast of Australia. |
  David C. Wood | Professor of Philosophy |
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