The Visitor

The Visitor

October 2008

Brief

To produce a piece of work based on the phrase "The Visitor"

Description

I looked at how nothing in this world is permanent in the grand scale of the universe, and is therefore temporary; like a visitor.

The list on the left is a list of things that would have seemed very permanent at the time they were were around, but did eventually disappear. The right hand image is of the amazon rainforest, and is something which is the source of much political debate, but little action. This is because I believe it is still perceived as a very 'permanent' part of this Earth and people find it hard to believe that with continued deforestation it will eventually vanish as it is a re-newable material. Opinion is similar to what people used to think about fossil fuels....and look what's happened there.

The list is complied with the idea of a tombstone in mind. I would like to maybe have this engraved on stone to evoke this thought more.