Jim Naughten: Eremozoic

Jim Naughtens digital reimaginings of a familiar yet alien world explore the idea of wildlife becoming a lost fantasy. His fantastical tableaus question our rose-tinted image of the natural world and allude to the isolation that will follow the destruction of our relationships with other species.

Format: Hardback
Length: 88 pages
Publication date: 24 November 2022
Publisher: Hatje Cantz

Jim Naughtens digital reimaginings of a familiar yet alien world explore the idea of wildlife becoming a lost fantasy. From orangutans swinging through psychedelic forests to deer roaming pastel-hued canyons, Naughtens depictions of nature in an artificial color palette convey a distinct sense of dislocation and growing estrangement. His fantastical tableaus question our rose-tinted image of the natural world, which is largely fictional. In fact, we are entering the Eremozoic, a term coined by biologist and writer E. O. Wilson to describe the current era of mass extinction triggered by human activity. Also referred to as The Age of Loneliness, the term alludes to the isolation that will follow the destruction of our deeply rooted relationships with other species.

Jim Naughtens digital reimaginings of a familiar yet alien world explore the idea of wildlife becoming a lost fantasy. From orangutans swinging through psychedelic forests to deer roaming pastel-hued canyons, Naughtens depictions of nature in an artificial color palette convey a distinct sense of dislocation and growing estrangement. His fantastical tableaus question our rose-tinted image of the natural world, which is largely fictional. In fact, we are entering the Eremozoic, a term coined by biologist and writer E. O. Wilson to describe the current era of mass extinction triggered by human activity. Also referred to as The Age of Loneliness, the term alludes to the isolation that will follow the destruction of our deeply rooted relationships with other species.

Dimension: 255 x 300 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783775753869