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Alexis Rockman
Alexis Rockman (1962-) is an American contemporary artist who depicts the precarious relationship between man and nature. His mural Manifest Destiny presents a dystopian vision of the future showing Brooklyn waterfront after catastrophic climate change in 3000 years. To create this futuristic landscape, Alexis Rockman consulted with biologists, zoologists, and paleonthologists. Brooklyn is a vast floodplain from the Brooklyn Bridge to the Brooklyn Museum. Familiar landmarks are submerged, creating a new geology that hosts a variety of aquatic plants and animals.
Alexis Rockman, Manifest Destiny (2003-2004), New York, Brooklyn Museum of Art.
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Direction 1Dystopia, the shadow of utopia
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Direction 3Interest in blood and killing
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Direction 5The burning of books
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Direction 6Kazuo Ishiguro and
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Direction 7Organs from nowhere
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Direction 8Alexis Rockman and
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