The term hyperobject was coined by the visionary philosopher Timothy Morton to describe processes like evolution that are so massively distributed in time and space that they’re impossible to perceive in their entirety with our bodily senses. This series of twelve works on paper explore how the phenomenon of evolution can be drawn. Drawing from the mind - seeing the geometry of evolving thoughts form and reform, echoing what we see around us in terms of how complex systems emerge and evolve in relation with each other over time
- Evolution
- 2022
- dry pastel on paper (Somerset Ivory 250 gsm)
- 49 cm H x 79 cm W each
- photo credit Marion Paquette
- Hyperobject (Evolution)
- 2023
- dry pastel on paper (Bockingford ivory 350 gsm)
- 1.22 m H x 1.53 m W
- photo credit Justin Piperger