Global temperatures and sea levels are rising. Low-lying coastal cities are already experiencing devastating floods and working to come up with creative solutions to combat rising tides. Some cities are sinking due to increasing sea levels slowly encroaching on their coasts, while others are sinking because of excessive groundwater pumping that creates a change in pressure and volume that causes land to sink. Here are 11 sinking cities that are in danger of disappearing: Jakarta, Indonesia; Lagos, Nigeria; Houston, Texas, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Venice Italy, Virginia Beach, US; Bankok, Thailandia; New Orleans, US; Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Alwxandria, Egypt; Miami, US (for more information, click here)

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Fabrizio Plessi has been fascinated always by water, a recurring theme which has become the focus of his artwork in the form of installations, films, videotapes and performances.In 1970 his work was exhibited at the experimental Pavilion of the Biennial of Venice and again in 1972. His works werw installed in all the world. During the 1980’s Plessi begins to experiment with video, focusing on the illusions created between representation and reality of liquid elements which are amplified by the extreme technology of mechanical and electronic reproduction.  More recently his artistic endeavours have drawn him closer to the city of Venice, where water – focal point of his art – plays a dominant role. In 2003, Fabrizio Plessi creates an installation for the Peggy Guggenheim Collection: Digital Fall one of the most technologically advanced sculptures in the world, fully equipped with constant air-control, an ultra-flat Led screen and full colour display.

Ezio Bosso is a London-based composer, conductor and pianist. He has appeared in such concert venues as Royal Festival Hall in London, Carnegie Hall in New York, Sydney Opera House, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, Teatro Regio in Turin, Palacio de las Bellas Artes in Mexico City and elsewhere. Bosso is a recipient of a number of prestigious awards; his music is admired in various theatres and appreciated by contemporary dance companies (he has collaborated with such choreographers as Christopher Wheeldon, Edwaard Liang and Rafael Bonachela), is featured in films by Gaby Dellal and Gabriele Salvatores. Bosso’s music was presented by Ailey II (American Dance Theater) in Vilnius Festival 2012. In February 2016, he shared the Lithuanian National Philharmonic stage with the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra and was enthusiastically received by the Lithuanian audience. The charismatic Krylov and Bosso have been collaborating since 2014 when the violin virtuoso and London Symphony Orchestra performed Bosso’s Fantasy for violin and orchestra.

Squint/Opera is a creative digital studio and consultancy. They are thinkers, designers, makers and doers. Their mission is to make places better – to inspire and expand the ways in which people imagine and interact with the physical world. They work with ambitious partners to plan, articulate, promote and execute big ideas that make a positive impact on the world’s destinations, spaces and cities. The brand identities, immersive experiences, creative content and digital products turn complex concepts into beautiful, playful and emotive stories. And while they like to have fun and do great work, they mean business. All their work is rooted in research and made for measurable impact.

Herman Melville was born in New York City in 1819. He worked as a crew member on several vessels beginning in 1839, his experiences spawning his successful early novels Typee (1846) and Omoo (1847). Subsequent books, including his masterpiece Moby-Dick (1851), sold poorly, and by the 1860s Melville had turned to poetry. Following his death in New York City in 1891, he posthumously came to be regarded as one of the great American writers.

The Piano is a 1993 New Zealand period drama film about a narcissistic, psychologically mute young woman and her pre-adolescent daughter, set during the mid-19th century in a rainy, muddy frontier backwater town on the west coast of New Zealand. It also involves the woman’s failing new, arranged marriage to a frontiersman due to obsession with playing her piano. The Piano was written and directed by Jane Campion and stars Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, and Anna Paquin in her first acting role. The film’s score by Michael Nyman became a best-selling soundtrack album, and Hunter played her own piano pieces for the film. She also served as sign language teacher for Paquin, earning three screen credits. The film is an international co-production by Australian producer Jan Chapman with the French company Ciby 2000.