“Futuristic Glitch Mode Squad”

The assignment was to create a photomontage that examines a specific time or place but did not necessarily state that the montage could not have a futuristic feel to the piece.  The photos I found were ones of areal shots of New York City in different eras ranging from 1920,1998, 1990, and 2010.  I combined the New York photos with areal shots of an Icelandic volcanic river.  I chose New York because it is the most used city for montage areal shots and I wanted to put a twist on it. When I was looking at the base photo of New York, I felt there was something missing. I guess you could say it spoke to me and so I deleted the water, and layered the volcanic river photos underneath to make it look like it’s flowing through, around, and under the city. It definitely gave it a surreal look. I wanted the volcanic photos underneath the city because I wanted it to represent internal destruction and how it comes from with in and deteriorates everything around it.

When I look at the montage it makes me think about how our world can be disrupted so easily. The past and future must work together in order for destruction to not happen. The piece makes me think about what I should do and need to do to make this world a better place.

My original muses I guess you could say would be post modern Dada montage art, and glitch art.