Projections > Apocalypse

Somewhere between kitsch and horror, post-apocalyptic images have become all too familiar. They feed our collective imagination, and are fueled by it. Since the turn of the millennia, the apocalypse genre has become a dominant force in modern entertainment. Yet throughout its history, the apocalypse genre has recorded changing attitudes toward war, technology, and disease, and in a larger sense, our uneasiness about the future of our species on this planet. They mirror history, albeit through the screen’s dark glass.

By reconstructing images of iconic fictional dystopias, I investigate our cultural fascination with self destruction. Begun from direct observation of a paused frame on my television, I complete each drawing from memory. The drawings respond to our collective anxiety and also explore my own response to fetishized violence and decay.

Mobius
Ink and graphite on mylar
24"x36"
2012
Idiocracy
Ink and graphite on mylar
24"x36"
2012
Life After People
Ink and graphite on mylar
24"x30"
2012
The Road
Ink and graphite on mylar
18"x24"
2012
Dawn of the Dead
18"x24"
2012
La Jetée
Ink and graphite on mylar
20"x24"
2012
The Twilight Zone: Time Enough At Last
Ink and graphite on mylar
20"x24"
2012
Logan's Run
Ink and graphite on mylar
24"x30"
2012
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Ink and graphite on mylar
24"x30"
2012
Gojira
Ink and graphite on mylar
24"x30"
2012