I find relations from this video instillation and the way in which some countries have been affected badly by Modernist values. Vietnam in its self is facing the very difficult burden of the past in the face of modernization. As now in western countries huge boats are contracted to trawl the ocean floor and it is effective bringing thousands of fish with every trawl. But these men and the people of the Vietnamese have to struggle Physically and emotionally every day in order to live. These ideas of Nguyen-Hatsushiba not only apply to the fisherman of Vietnam but to the vast majority of all families and adults in which ever profession they choose. Notably a lot of european clothes made for big commercial companies are made by under paid Vietnamese women and children whom are made to work in very poor conditions.
Although the negatives of Modernism are very harshly affecting the every day lives of Vietnamese people there are some positives. Firstly Vietnams environment or at least, ocean floor has remained natural and undisturbed by western ocean trawlers which literary destroy everything in their paths. As i view this video Nguen-Hatsubishas ideas and concepts of this video are somewhat lost n me as the men seem content and almost at one with their countries environment. Although a struggle for air takes over their otherwise calm, cool and peaceful expressions I cannot help but feel jealousy almost as these men are able to use there bodies and be with nature as many of the western population strive for a life similar to that. Living off the land. Naive as it sounds.
