Antibiotics vs. Probiotics
This cartoon responds to the current state of polarization by showing that people often misunderstand that their positions aren’t necessarily mutually exclusive, and also that extreme positions are misguided.
The Flood
The Flood is 5th in a series of twelve pieces that illustrate what AI is, what is can help, how it can hurt, and what our world could look like if we choose to cooperate or to conflict. The works are created in a collaboration between myself and a self-modified algorithmic robot painter to show the order in chaos, and the emotional connection we can share with the nature of machination.
The Flood is a commentary on climate change. That with proper and real time calculations, AI could begin to help us balance our impact with our production for a sustainable existence on this planet.
Iceburst in a Ghost-Marsh
Earth’s climate is breaking down into something most of us can only partially foresee, or try to imagine, if we think about the issue at all. It’s happening fast, by still too many it’s dismissed as no real danger, and it’s more visible in parts of the earth with a robust winter; winter is dwindling in length and severity. Some people are inclined to celebrate because they love summer and year-round warmth. Others mourn the old weather patterns and the shrinkage or die-off of habitat that depends on cold winters. Species of plants and animals living there must adapt or die out. Not very many people seem willing to entertain the idea that climate upheaval may portend a rapid degradation of earth’s climate into an unsurvivable combination of heat and violent storms; the very idea is too scary and desperately sad.
Glitch
Glitch
Single Channel Video Loop
Dimensions: Variable, 10 x 22 Feet Pictured, HD
‘Glitch’ is a video interruption that acts as a digital proxy for today’s unsettling US sociopolitical climate. The American flag is used to represent a nation which is politically divided and emotionally charged; and visually swings from moments of clarity to aggressive periods of distortion. The glitch technique is utilized as a warning device, attracting attention, whilst also indicating that something is broken and malfunctioning.
Static
This piece pulses with a vexed outlook —the double-edged blade of technology slicing through human nature.
On one side, it floods us with vibrancy, knowledge, and power; screens ignite minds, instant global connections, we have an immense reach from the comfort of wherever we are at any given moment.
Yet flip the coin: we scroll in silence, hunched postures, dopamine levels maxed out, fingers ghosting over glass instead of flesh, our dependency a slow poison eroding real touch. An algorithm sculpted culture with lessening attention spans lacking of eye-to-eye truth.
My art is this tension made visible—celebration tangled with grief— inviting us to find peace & balance by not forgetting who we are nor where we came from amongst the chaos and distractions of today.