Humanity--
And How We Got This Way, 1998
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prints mounted on clear plexi-glass- each print 11" x 14
"Humanity--And How We Got This Way" is series of 29 digital computer composites in which forms move through time, beginning with the Big Bang and ending in the present day Middle East. When viewed consecutively, the images form a narrative of many of the significant stages of humanity's evolution.
Starting in the year 1750 BCE, the images reflect spiritual, religious and cultural events related to the rise of Judaism and Islam and the split between the two Semite populations. Two historical perspectives on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict over proprietorship of the "Holy Land" emerge. Whose perspective is seen first depends upon which end of the gallery one happens to begin.
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15 Billion BCE:
The Big Bang
570 Million BCE:
Cambrian Era
55 Million BCE:
Evolution From Water
25 Million
BCE:
Primates Enter Forest
2 Million BCE:
Walking Onto Plains
300,000 BCE:
Cooperative Hunting
30,000 BCE:
Advent of Fire
9500 BCE:
Agricultural Revolution
1800 BCE:
Leaving City of Ur
(split between future Muslims & Jews)
1750 BCE:
Hebrews Into Egypt
1750 BCE:
Ishmael to Mecca
1240 BCE:
Exodus From Egypt
570 AD:
Birth of Muhammed, Mecca
1200 BCE:
Moses on Mt. Sinai
610 AD:
Night of Power, Medina
1200 BCE:
Birth of Judiasm
620 AD:
Birth of Islam
1200 BCE:
Jews Enter Jerusalem
640 AD:
Muslims Enter Jerusalem
PRESENT DAY:
Jerusalem
