Evocative Objects: Snow Globes
The kitsch object of the snow globe became popularized during a time of industrialization, responding to a deep-seated need for connection with a disappearing natural world. As our modern landscapes continue to transform, I ask questions about what kinds of sites evoke nostalgia now. By trapping the modern-day industrial landscape in miniature I attempt to gain power over it, even as these sites rest in a permanent nuclear winter.
Evocative Objects: Snow Globes
America The Beautiful
2016, 9"x6"x6", Snowglobe With Rock Salt From The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (radioactive waste storage site in NM), 3D-Printed Figures, Sound
It Is Only With Power That Power Can Be Opposed
2016, 6”H, 4.625” Dia., Snow Globe With 3D-printed Cooling Tower And Falling People Figurines, Sound
Escape
2016, 3.75”H, 3” Dia., 3D Printed Figures, Snow Globe
Pledge Of Allegiance
2016, 7.25”H, 6” Dia., Snow Globe, 3D Printed Figures, Sound
Utopia
2017, 7.25”H, 6” Dia., Snow Globe, Plastic and 3D-Printed Figures
Self Portrait
2016, 2.6”H, 1.75” Dia., Snow Globe With Photographic Film
Accidental Discoveries
2016, 4”H, 3.5” Dia., Snow Globe
Sunbathers
2016, 3.2”H, 3.5 Dia., Snow Globe
Yesterday
2016, 5.5”H, 4” Dia., Snow Globe With 3D-printed Nuclear Plant, Sound
Octane
2017, 4” H, 3.125” Dia., Snow Globe with 3D-printed figures
Liberation
2017, 4” H, 3.125” Dia., Snow Globe
America The Beautiful
2016, 9"x6"x6", Snowglobe With Rock Salt From The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (radioactive waste storage site in NM), Sound
Leyden Jar
2017, 3” H, 2.375” Dia., Snow Globe
Downwinders
2016, 4”H, 3.1” Dia., Snow Globe
Medical Colonization
2016, 3.1”H, 2.5” Dia., Snow Globe
Capture
2017, 2.6” H, 1.75” Dia., Snow Globe
Black Gold,
2017, 5” H, 4” Dia., Snow Globe with 3D-Printed FiguresThe kitsch object of the snow globe became popularized during a time of industrialization, responding to a deep-seated need for connection with a disappearing natural world. As our modern landscapes continue to transform, I ask questions about what kinds of sites evoke nostalgia now. By trapping the modern-day industrial landscape in miniature I attempt to gain power over it, even as these sites rest in a permanent nuclear winter.