The future is unknown, leaving open the opportunity to envision a reality without limits. Inspired by science fiction and surrealism, this project centers on the universal experience of predicting what is to come. This portrayal does not carry any particularly negative or positive connotations, but rather encourages unique interpretations by navigating through the layers of the collages.
Imagining a complex future through visual exaggeration and speculation by manipulating new shots of the city and past images from my digital archive, 2054 graphically characterizes various themes of surveillance, technology, and overpopulation, through four surreal landscape composites of different environments. Each environment has its own colour palette and thematic focus, with all four spaces blended together to create a single panorama, presented as a lightbox installation piece.
The lightbox presentation provides a dynamic, multisensory experience utilizing a soundscape and controlled lighting from the piece itself, enhancing the futuristic ambience. The round, horizontal sequencing is intended to drive a cyclical flow, encouraging viewers to walk around the piece and read each environment one at a time, moving through the series without a beginning or end.
Music by Anton Ivanov @artifice_intel
Alejandra Harrison is an emerging Toronto–based photographic artist, and a current student in Toronto Metropolitan University’s Photography Media Arts program. Through her studies, Alejandra has developed her skills in lighting, studio work, art direction and post-production, and she has refined her skills in portraiture, fine art, and narrative photography. Her personal approach to photography is inspired by the human character and visual storytelling, driving her interest in environmental portraiture and narrative-focused works. A keen observer of life around her, she thrives when capturing what the world displays while simultaneously showcasing the artist’s fingerprint.