EARTH

EARTH presents a vision of a post-apocalyptic world, where a sprawl of human bodies is arranged across a bleak landscape of detritus. The lighting, composition and tableau of the work are steeped in references to canonical works of Western art which depict the extremities of the human spirit, in suffering, heroism and hubris. As the light and camera pan over sections of this unearthly sprawl, the human figures stir, rising and then falling back into slumber once again. The rhythms and cadences of these movements evoke that of an organism silently breathing, as the light alternately picks out individual bodies and merges them into one massive entity.

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