Four Seasons

This piece was created by layering images of the same location over and over again until it formed a series representing the seasons. The image which I chose was that of an alleyway near our backyard. I took four pictures, each at a different time of day, and then collaged them together to form four panels. Then, I warped them some more to create four compositions which reflect the seasons, while still preserving some elements of the original alleyway image. This process reflects for me the passage of time, day after day, season after season, year after year. Even in one inconspicuous corner of the entire world, time still flows, changing it. It is a never ending cycle, the seasons are, and no matter what change happens to the spatial environment which we inhabit, time will still flow.

Simulation and Simulacra

Inspired by Jean Baudrillard’s Simulacra and Simulation, these two pieces are the product of a spontaneous attempt to understand his writing. I made these digital collages out of some discarded photos from a 3D charcoal structure piece, which upon taking numerous photos of, I then morphed and layered until they resembled something along the lines of an abstract void-like conglomeration.

The Tangled Knot of Misinformation

Time and time again, misinformation and its propagation has turned the seemingly absurd into a reality. We have seen this occur in WWII when the Nazis waged a disinformation campaign to shift blame onto Jewish people, and during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, when education was thrown into chaos as people latched onto the cult of personality around Mao ZeDong. In this current era where information is instantaneously propagatable across the echelons of the Internet, the lack of restrictions on that information leads to the rise and spread of disinformation; often spawning from photos or actual events, conspiracies flourish in the entangled webs of chat groups, social media pages, and sometimes even on cable news. Most recently, misinformation ran rampant in the 2020 election and its aftermath, where a blatant disregard on the results of the election led to many people confusing fantasy for reality, therefore strengthening the tangled knot of misinformation that had previously existed. Although misinformation has been long present in this country, the problem is only exacerbated when a person or peoples who hold a position of power propagate that information into propaganda, tying the strings of conspiracy and falsehoods to their own purpose. In this existential situation where the impossible has turned into reality, all we can do is to seize the absurd and counter with the absurd. This requires extensive education and a willingness to listen, analyse, and understand why the absurd has occurred, even if the reason may be absurd upon itself.

Print Collages

This next series of works are derived from original linoleum prints, which I then ran through Photoshop to create unique compositions.