Skeletons in the Closet
Every government, society, culture, and person throughout history has had its secrets. I wish to “dig up” the figurative skeletons in the closets of societies, modern and ancient. I explore this idea through conspiracy theories. I have always been fascinated by unsolved mysteries, and in my concentration I reveal confidential information that may or may not be true.
My visual language is of locked doors, safes, and other hiding places- the “closet” portion of my inspiration phrase- and skeletons, for the first part. I also use tons of mixed-media layers in my pieces to parallel the layers of lies that can obscure the truth or shroud the fallacies of the theories themselves.
My first piece uses the vastness of the galaxies and little skeletons in space suits to represent the Lost Cosmonauts- the first brave men in space who mysteriously vanished and were not publicized by Russia’s government. My second piece was inspired by the Vril Society, a theory that came directly from Bulwer Lynton’s novel The Coming Race. This society of superior beings live under our feet and power their world with liquid energy- and are rumored to be the source behind the Nazi’s power in WWII. My third piece delves into the dark secrets of the United States’s Montauk project- an experiment in mind control that may have opened a rift in the space time continuum. The fourth shows templar treasure hidden in the space above a cathedral ceiling, to represent the theory that the catholic church wiped out the templar because they had too much wealth and possibly a magical artifact that threatened the power of the church. Next I journey to South Africa, to investigate the idea that their Project Coast, which attempted to research biological weapons, actually began the spread of the HIV virus, which the South African President denies even exists. Work 6 goes global with the conspiracy that the Illuminati are starting a New World Order. The seventh project returns to the United States, with the conspiracy that the 9/11 attacks were government planned. Work 8 tells of the Ottoman government’s denial of the Armenian Genocide. The final work in this series explores the possible connection between ancient monuments alien visitations.
1. Lost Cosmonauts
2. Vril Society
3. Montauk Project
4. Knights Templar
5. Project Coast
6. New World Order
7. Inside Job
8. Armenian Genocide
9. Ancient Aliens