1/1+AP
464cm x 131cm
54908px x 15498px
In this artwork, I draw inspiration from Bartholomeus Strobel’s painting, "Feast of Herod with the Beheading of St. John the Baptist," found in the Prado Museum in Madrid. My piece reimagines this scene as a dystopian feast where the privileged are literally cannibalizing the youth, sacrificing their future for promises that were never kept. The presence of high-tech guns and sci-fi elements serves as a haunting reminder of how our advancements in technology are often wielded as weapons in geopolitical games.
This work highlights a grim reality: despite the centuries that have passed, humanity keeps repeating its mistakes. The stories remain eerily similar—cycles of war and sacrifice persist.
By merging biblical and historical references with elements of sci-fi motifs, I aim to provoke thought about how, despite significant technological leaps, human nature remains stranded. We’re still stuck in a cycle where power dynamics dictate our fate, and the echoes of history resonate in our present.
Even if we become multi-planetary beings, as envisioned by Musk and others, we will carry these same issues to Mars. The dream of escaping our problems through colonization is not a solution; it merely shifts the stage for history to repeat itself.