Artist and green visionary David Kam conceived the EARTHSHIP Summit and the 2-day IMAGINE music and arts festival, as part of his master plan call for the Human Internet Project. His plan calls the creation of a massive inter-connected grassroots "Global Village" of 300 million people, organizations, and computers to bring about massive environmental and social change on a global scale.

He is the founder of the Thinkism Art Movement, the first fine art movement of the 21st century ("known as the socially conscious art movement"). Founded on September 12, 2001, the day after 911, the Thinkism Art Movement produces socially conscious art relevant to the 21st century. Some people view Thinkism as “protest art”, but it is more than that. We are living on the brink of a world metamorphosis, with world events moving at the speed of light; Thinkism art's 21st century themes include: war, climate change, extinction of species, poverty, media control, the rise of the Internet, pop culture domination, genetically modified organisms, love, freedom, racism, gun control, globalization, terrorism, fashion in society, celebrities in society, the role of money in society, the fine line between advertising and false advertising, food in society, sex in society ...etc.

David Kam Polar Bear Extinction Acrylic on Oil on Canvas

Artist David Kam is not famous, nor is he rich, nor is he even well connect; David is just a ordinary unknown artist with a small idea and a big dream. He and other like minded artists paint about climate change, the extinction of species, poverty, war, media control, the rise of the Internet and other themes relevant to the 21st century.

In fact, back in 2001 artist David Kam produced the world's first painting about climate change, almost 7 years before Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth film, called Polar Bear Extinction; shown above is his Extinction Style ("the main subject is left blank on canvas").

Fast Forward Almost 10 years Later

The Thinkism Art Movement started out in 2001. It was not only about creating socially conscious art, as explained in David Kam's 2001 Thinkism manifesto, "we want to use art to make the world a better place. Art is used as a positive force to create social change". Almost 10 years later, artist David Kam is making his dream for world change a reality.

Thinkism Art Movement The Thinkism art movement (known as the socially conscious art movement) was founded by David Kam on September 12, 2001, one day after September 11, 2001. Thinkism is the first fine art movement of the 21st century. Some famous fine art movements of the 20th century include pop art (Andy Warhol), cubism (Pablo Picasso) and abstract expression (Jackson Pollock). The Thinkism Art Movement was founded by David Kam to change perception of art as mere wall decorations. Art can be a beacon of light to brighten up your mind, to guide your soul, and much more. Art can also be a vehicle for positive social change. Thinkism is an ideological art movement, which some people view as “protest art”, but it is more than that. David wants art to become a rich source of food to enrich the mind, and to feed the soul .Thinkism art explores man's (woman's) relationship to the world, the world's relationship to man (woman), and man's (woman's) relationship to each other. You can say, that Thinkism Art Movement is mainly about bringing a higher social consciousness to "relationships". Thinkism art employs elements of the six senses (sight, sound, taste, touch, smell and spirit) to inspire the viewer to think about making positive changes in their life, and in society. Art can be meaningful beyond words, beyond culture, and language. David Kam feels there is a certain responsibility for artists to create works of art that shed new light on various social issues, philosophical issues, political issues, environmental issues, psychological issues, religious issues, and other complex matters.  Currently, the issues being explored David Kam in Thinkism art includes: love, freedom, racism, gun control, the universe, the resilience of nature, freedom, liberty, the metamorphosis of people, computers in society, the Internet, television advertising on children, energy, dominance of multi-national corporations, globalization, money, the dot com corporations, animals facing extinction, terrorism, fashion in society, the role of money in society, the fine line between advertising and false advertising, food in society, and sex in society.  David believes that ordinary person can become a catalyst for positive social change. This was the foundation of David's idea that art itself can empower positive social change. The creation of the Thinkism art movement is to use art to empower individuals to think about their own life in relationship to themselves, toward others, and towards the world.