Description
Artist Jonathan Monaghan, The First and the Last, edition 1 of 1. A palatial structure in the clouds is adorned with a stock exchange ticker, drone wings, and baroque regalia. A "big box" retail store is housed in the center. Subtle references to biblical symbols associated with the Apocalypse are also present. Taken together, The First and the Last is a dream-like animation that elicits anxieties about an increasingly technological and consumerist future.
This work is derived from Monaghan's 2018 video installation, Out of the Abyss.