Undertow was created in reaction to the 2016 presidential election. An undertow is a contradictory force that pulls things into its influence. A hurricane-like vortex form is mathematically created using a 3D fluid simulation with dynamic fields to exhibit continuous, ominous force.
The piece models real-world phenomena as a metaphor for political turbulence while addressing the ongoing threat of climate change and its effects. In retrospect, 2017 became one of the most deadly and destructive Atlantic hurricane seasons in recent memory. Subliminal flashes of imagery interrupt the swirling cloud storm, eliciting anxiety through representations of the causes and effects of climate change at macro and micro scales.
Undertow was exhibited at Art Street in Sacramento (February 2017) and in Collider8:VOXEL at Emily Davis Gallery, The University of Akron (April 2017).
