The information age has come and gone, yet we are still faced with an unequal distribution of proper knowledge. My artwork hopes to support the growing open source movement in order to make information easier to access by more people around the world. Through the use of Photoshop, my artwork utilizes the open source movement by means of digital photo collage. Photos are provided by artists from around the world through open source sharing platforms which I choose to incorporate in my works. The stitching together of these photos to create a new and better vision for the future represents the need for collective knowledge sharing and the inclusion of more cultures in our search for a better world. 

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I am a part of a generation that has been left with a myriad of colossal issues, such as climate change, the wake of colonialism, and all kinds of other inequalities. In order to properly face these issues, I believe it is necessary to educate myself and others about the atrocities of the past in order to be a part of a better future. Science fiction has played a substantial part in my critical view of societal progress. The title No Place is a reference to Thomas More’s satirical spin on the greek words “eu-topos” and “ou- topos”, which translate to good place and no place. My art project aims to explore the possibilities of the future through sublime landscapes. How we envision a better future is crucial to how we move towards it. My artwork is inspired by the romanticism period painters who sought out the sublime, as well as the grandeur within science fiction literature that expanded on this idea.