HABITAT: Not Black and White

EXHIBITION STATEMENT HABITAT is an exhibition of new art – matter-of-factly reduced to black and white – that explores the global environment as a major site of exchange. The anomalous perspective may be that view as seen by a lower creature, a dog perhaps. Dogs do not see colour – as most people know. This ‘dog’ aligns strange artifacts of her interest and odd connection but additionally, assembles them with detached perplexity.

Many humans can identify with this ambivalent position. No one fully understands the world in which we currently live. No one can dogmatically say where the world came from, where it is going or why it exists. All we creatures share life on this connected site – this earth. But only some assume power and authority. Only a few can determine the fate of fellow creatures. The formula for influence is largely kept secret. This paradigm is signified in all things appearing black and white but truth is clearly, not the case.

The B/W theme originally started with interest in QR Codes (Quick Response) and their ‘pop art’ simplicity. A QR Code is a post-post-modern key to knowledge – attainable only to those who have the required electronic devises and the nous to use them. Playing with these extreme contrasts spun into many abstracted designs and simplified approaches to everyday themes. This fun and timely intercourse is paramount to the serious discussion of our planet’s future.

KEY WORDS: Environmental Conversation, QR Codes, Creative Thinking for our Time, Pattern and Design, Spirituality in the Everyday, Interactive, Non-traditional mediums.