"Flora and fauna are taking over. Animals, mushrooms, lichens, plants, and corals are inhabiting every nook and cranny, thus creating new habitats. This symbiosis between the object and the growing environment reflects the balance and respect that humanity has lost, and that I symbolically recreate in my work by expressing hope, joy, and the beauty of nature in an explosion of color."
"Kilgast's lighthearted, vivd, post-apocalytpic sculptures often include objects we tend to find discarded along the side of the road, like aluminum cans or glass bottles. Uncanny habitats also emerge around outmoded items like VHS tapes, portable CD players, or alarm clocks, which people rarely have a need for anymore thanks to smartphones or streaming services. Utopia will print if at least 150 pre-orders are made by October 3. Dibs your copy today via Dashbook. Orders are anticipated to ship in December."
A speculative future without humans leaves behind objects, buildings, and trash that become new substrates for life. Flora, fauna, fungi, lichens, and corals colonize these remnants, creating unexpected habitats and symbiotic relationships between growth and man-made objects. Bright, colorful sculptures and scenes transform roadside detritus and obsolete consumer items into joyful expressions of nature's resilience. Obsolete media and gadgets such as VHS tapes, portable CD players, and alarm clocks are incorporated as uncanny habitats. A book titled Utopia compiles a decade of sculptures, paintings, sketchbook pages, essays, and a complete catalogue and requires 150 pre-orders by October 3 to print.
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