YOU HAVE ARRived

2024, Oil on Italian Linen, 97x152cm

Finalist, Sorrento Art Prize 2025

Once upon a time, the fairy tales of Little Red Riding Hood and Hansel & Gretel were created as cautionary tales warning of the mysteries lurking in the unknown outdoors. Not any more. The Tech Bros are endeavouring to map, scour, scrape, document, and “conquer” every inch of the planet. Now, satellites GPS, and endless data assure us that we’ve arrived. But… have we really?

The remoteness of the location calls into question both the technology and the motive. Or perhaps poses the question that answers we seek are not to be found in an algorithm.