THE WILD AND THE BEWILDERED

A study rooted in the pictorial storytelling of North-Western Europe. Through human history,
different forms of knowledge have confronted us and left us in a bewildered or puzzled state.

If I were to guide you through the thresholds in North -West Europe, we’d start in Ancient times where one prayed to Gods to find answers or clarity. Even in
medieval times, there was a God we looked to for belief. From the 17th century onwards, we no longer looked up but around us and saw the value of our land. We found knowledge and power in the plants and animals that surround us. Almost simultaneously we became facinated with the machine - building with nature and eventually beyond it. It was just an era later that the clouds hovering above us had to remind us of the unstable path we were walking. Every action has a reaction. What feels wild and unfamiliar to us today? What unsettles our sense of familiarity? My immediate answer would be Artificial Intelligence. We are unsure of our position towards it, but believe it brings us answers.
All these different sources of knowledge have been processed and fed to us through different media. Among the most powerful is pictorial storytelling. An image can communicate more in a minute than words can in pages. It is a universal language - and a tool of power.