Horizon

So you thought depicting the landscape was all about Sunday painting and oils. Well, you're dead wrong. Its relevant and as important as ever. Understanding our interaction and relation to the landscape reveals insight into our society, power relations, politics, and human development. As we speak NASA is mapping every last inch of the planet with satelites. Did anyone say "big brother", future American colonialism?.

All land belongs to someone. Try and stop for a picnic near Stellenbosch and see how quickly you get chased away. It seems even picnicking has become big business. For environmental issues just go down to the beach and bask in 7 tons of oil from the latest tanker spill. For social and political power issues just buy a farm in Zimbabwe to see how important it still is.

In terms of Art History, Horizon can be seen as the moment in a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy just before the earth is wiped out in an instant to make way for an integalactic highway.