After Animism was the title of my MFA thesis exhibit at University of Hartford. The installation, which depicts an archeological exhibit in the future, asks how ancenstral knowledge, the natural sciences, and popular culture might coelesce into the artifacts of the past (our present) if a wide-scale animistic shift had occurred. What if rooting for the Critical Zone was as trendy as rooting for your favorite NFL team? Ranging from funtional items, to image macros, decorative works, and architecture, the works are informed by the ostensible adoption of animistic beliefs in mass media / culture. The cause for this shift and the outcome are unclear, leaving these pathways open for subsequent speculative prequal works within the same universe.

Read my thesis paper here ︎︎︎


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