The exhibition, Here There Be Monsters,
takes its title from ancient maps. During the Middle Ages, cartographers
imprinted words of warning on unexplored areas of the map, like "Here
there be monsters; dragons be here." The title also refers to the
exhibition's juxtaposition of classic Hollywood monster movie characters with
current environmental issues.
"Iconic movie monsters, who were often
the by-products of corporate greed and human egotism manipulating nature to
spawn our own annihilation, are used to present the consequences of pollution,
climate change, genetic engineering, for-profit destruction of animal habitats
and extinctions," the artists explain in a catalog for the event. "We
are mutating into the monsters devouring our world."
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