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Evilution
Ivan Bronston
November 1 - December 30, 2007
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Ants are awesome creatures with
characteristics I have admired since I was a child. Ants are powerful, resourceful,
and loyal. They work together for survival through blind obedience and unconscious
acts.
The concept of Evilution is obedience by choice. In the
human world, we have a choice, but we have chosen to survive by consuming. Our Queen
Ant – Government, Religion, Corporations, and the Media – greedily accepts our
allegiance. The Queen is the master manipulator. She ultimately controls her
minions. The ant mound hides the excesses of our material culture. It exposes
the waste of fictitious, promised rewards sustained through the media and permitted
through our lack of care. The goal of humanity should be to unite for the common
good through conscious acts. Seduced by the media, we become powerless and
compliant. The guns and cannon symbolize our defense, but they also represent those
we victimize. The robotic movements of the weapons enable the random and planned
selection of victims.
So, who are the guns pointing at
now? Who is pointing them? It is only a matter of time before they point at
you.
Ivan
Bronston
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The Waste of Material Culture
(Ant Mound w/ Motorized Tank) - Detail
Mixed Media, Steel, Wood,
Cinders
approx. 16' diam. as installed
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The
Waste of Material Culture
(Ant Mound w/ Motorized Tank) - Detail
Mixed Media, Steel, Wood,
Cinders
approx. 16' diam. as installed |
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The
Waste of Material Culture
(Ant Mound w/ Motorized Tank) - Detail
Mixed Media, Steel, Wood,
Cinders
approx. 16' diam. as installed |
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Drones
of Humanity
(Ants) - Detail
Mixed Media, Aluminum, Bronze
approx. 11" x 11" each ant |
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Drones
of Humanity
(Ants) - Detail
Mixed Media, Aluminum, Bronze
approx. 11" x 11" each ant |
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Drones
of Humanity
(Ant) - Detail
Mixed Media, Aluminum, Bronze
approx. 11" x 11" each ant |
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Drones
of Humanity
(Ants) - Detail
Mixed Media, Aluminum, Bronze
approx. 11" x 11" each ant |
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Drones
of Humanity
(Ants) - Detail
Mixed Media, Aluminum, Bronze
approx. 11" x 11" each ant |
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