Eamonn Farrell
If This Is A Computer Game, Please Tell Me! Storm Frank 2016 - The Bog of Allen 2022
Artists Statement:
In Spain it is Normal to have temperatures of over 30 degrees centigrade during the summer. In Ireland it would be considered Abnormal or Unusual. In Bangladesh, it would be Normal to have 2200mm of rainfall during the year. In Ireland it would be Uncommon, Crazy, a Disaster.
Climate Change is changing our Normal weather patterns. We are experiencing warmer wetter summers, more regular stronger storms. Unless we make changes at a national and personal level to our use of fossil fuels, plastics, packaging, and carbon emissions, Normal life as we know it on Planet Earth will not continue.
These new experiences, including the arrival of Covid-19, Virtual Reality, False and Fake News, Cryptocurrency, NFT's, and the Metaverse, where it is possible to sell and buy property or art for huge prices, access Paris Hilton's house, walk around it and try on her clothes - for a price. Where avatars are harassed, abused and even virtually raped, have now caused many people to look at our world anew and question previously accepted concepts. Why are we here? Where is here? What is the future? Are we alone in the Universe? Is there a God? Do we really exist or are we just pieces of data in a child's computer game on a far distant planet? Is the word Normal, a legitimate concept any more?
© Eamonn Farrell - 2022.
Provenance
Shot on the Bog of Allen in 2022 and in a flooded home during Storm Frank in 2016. The image deals directly with the issue of Climate Change and Global Warming.
Exhibitions
NORMAL. Kildare Art Collective Group Exhibition, Riverbank arts Centre, Newbridge, County Kildare.
Literature
If This Is A Computer Game, Please Tell Me! Storm Frank 2016 – The Bog of Allen 2022
Artists Statement:
In Spain it is Normal to have temperatures of over 30 degrees centigrade during the summer. In Ireland it would be considered Abnormal or Unusual. In Bangladesh, it would be Normal to have 2200mm of rainfall during the year. In Ireland it would be Uncommon, Crazy, a Disaster.
Climate Change is changing our Normal weather patterns. We are experiencing warmer wetter summers, more regular stronger storms. Unless we make changes at a national and personal level to our use of fossil fuels, plastics, packaging, and carbon emissions, Normal life as we know it on Planet Earth will not continue.
These new experiences, including the arrival of Covid-19, Virtual Reality, False and Fake News, Cryptocurrency, NFT’s, and the Metaverse, where it is possible to sell and buy property or art for huge prices, access Paris Hilton's house, walk around it and try on her clothes - for a price. Where avatars are harassed, abused and even virtually raped, have now caused many people to look at our world anew and question previously accepted concepts. Why are we here? Where is here? What is the future? Are we alone in the Universe? Is there a God? Do we really exist or are we just pieces of data in a child's computer game on a far distant planet? Is the word Normal, a legitimate concept any more?
© Eamonn Farrell - 2022.