Because There Is Nothing On This Green Earth That Is Stronger Than
Animation, bespoke lightbox, hand carved/painted sculptures
The low-tech animation is created from a series of still photographs taken in Times Square New York of the military recruitment office and the large-scale screen, which serves its advertising needs. The plants are rendered from drawings and authentic military camouflage patterns. The plants slowly engulf the scene as the screen keeps pumping out mesmerising statements and images.
The installation simulates the free-standing military recruitment office in Times Square, New York. It includes the giant neon flag on the side of the building and the similar placement of the screen on the front of the structure. The camouflage patterns on the sculptures are based on authentic military camouflage patterns from around the world. They were chosen for the military patterns and not for the specific regions that they represent. Examples include Kuwaiti amoeba camouflage, Belgian 'jigsaw' camouflage, Bulgarian 'frogskin' camouflage, Marine Desert Digital Camouflage, Egyptian Army ‘Scrambled Eggs’, Waffen SS M44 Dot* pattern WW2 Germany, U.S. woodland pattern, Tamil Tigerstripe Light Blue variant.