‘Extracts from a Divergent Reality’ showcases a collection of 3D digital works and writings, exploring themes of science fiction, technology, and the environment. Within my practice I am occupied with the use of technology in painting; particularly in using 3D modelling, video, and digital collage. I construct and explore fictional ecosystems and alternate future environments, in-between spaces, and their potential inhabitants. These otherworldly environments emerge feeling tangible in their materiality. The digital produces a reflection of our own environment, paying attention to important global issues such as climate change, environmental degradation, and the rise of technology.

This Divergent Reality imagines a space-time exploring a planet similar to our own. The planet’s name is Nibiru. It has witnessed its seventh mass extinction due to a superior species finding their own advancement in the destruction of their environment. Millions of years after this event, biodiversity on Nibiru has been restored and nature has regained its authority in the form of a strange new world. New forms of life thrive alongside resilient locals, growing amongst the remnants of an ancient civilisation. The planet is visited by an intelligent being known as the Scientists. Surveying the planets they encounter, they document their findings through gentle observation.