These pieces reflect the unseen issues of suburban society.
A suburban residence viewed as through night-vision goggles.
The scene is still, with the anticipation of events about to unfold.
A familiar scene on the verge of transition to the strange, representing the dreams and aspirations of a society heading into uncertain times. The fundamental assumptions that make the suburban form possible may no longer hold valid, causing anxiety beneath the calmness of the surface, even as it reaches its fullest expression. The advent of peak oil, climate uncertainty, demographic change, shifting geopolitical realities all impact the stability of a financial system based on risk and the concept of limitless growth. How will they change the way we view our lifestyle in the coming century? Will the now commonplace seem strange – how transient are our seemingly permanent marks on the surface of the world? |
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title: At first I tried to keep it a secret from my neighbours (night terrors)
medium:
Acrylic on canvas
size:
approx 3 metres long
year: 2009
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