1 WORLD [usa] is an extension from my photography series a society of wonder and has been shown as part of three larger group shows: in 2022 at American Players Theater for their Art in the Woods show, Spring Green, WI and in 2016 in Intentionally Welcoming and the Makeshift Festival in Madison, WI.
1 World blurs boundaries.
In particular, boundaries such as race, sex, skin color, age… characteristics that we process as our differences. By eliminating these differences, I am encouraging the viewer to consider the essence of our similarities and how these boundaries and most boundaries especially tribal ones including religion, countries, states, ethnicity are simply hindrances to an all-welcoming society.
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the curtain of denial surrounds us like a veil of uncertainty
hate is the fuel of america
the glue that binds the bigot’s palette
violence is the cleansing agent
sanctioned and justified…born to war
the musicality of humanity’s voice is muted and lost to the shadows
lyricism abandoned in despair and fear
pathways to truth obscured by the commodity culture
the wilderness of illusion
alone
the death of possibilities
permanently ingrained humiliation
discounted truths
tribal ignorance
codes of secrecy
racist dog whistles
conspiracy theories
these are the threats in the digital age
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exposed
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fractured
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ghosted
thomas ferrella _ 2022
