Monetising 9/11
AI Image Making, Editorial Design
2022–23
We commercialise on catastrophic events. Possibly as a coping mechanism. But when thinking about a catastrophe and its victims it seems crude to financially profit from its visual stereotypes. To point out the absurdity of materialistic (coping) culture I speculated what products there will be in a not too distant future, monetising a catastrophic event of very recent history—9/11. Visualised by an AI, the speculative products draw their appearance directly from our existing visual culture around 9/11—showing how closely this event is linked to nationalism and American pride.
