Size - 188 x 285 cm
Creature comfort is a commentary on our relationship to fossil fuels and its cost. Fossils fuels are humanity’s biggest enabler. The leap forward that has taken place since the beginning of the industrial revolution has been the most important advancement for human kind and it was only made possible because of the existence and availability of fossil fuels. We have however reached the point where the costs of this development outweigh the benefits.
Humans have evolved from a species in the fringes of the animal kingdom to dominate the rest of the species on planet earth along with the environment that serves as a life support system to them all. This hegemony has been carried out with little consideration for the responsibilities and consequences involved in it.
The Holocene was the name of the geological age in which humanity thrived and reached its full potential as a species. Since the start of the industrial revolution the impact humans have had on their environment has been so great that some scientists believe a new geological age has begun, they call it the Anthropocene.
Technological development based on capitalist principles has created a human paradox where our progress can lead to our demise.
© Daniel Botelho
