An outlier of the amusement park ecosystem, dark rides rely on their ability to swallow subjects in an overwhelming lack of light. In doing so, an apparatus is constructed which can precisely manipulate the senses of which humans are most dependent: inch-wide corridors transform into caverns, projections on plaster manifest as phantasmagoria, and dollar store paraphernalia resurrects itself in discordant animation. As the drones of invisible machinery resonate on tile-laden flooring, a self-guided journey embarks behind makeshift walls and car wash curtains.

Clasping the veils which obscure the unwieldy scale of mass food production and its relation to the individualist perspective, a microwave conjoins single-use items which are the product of a knotted paradigm. Sacrifices for chemical-laden goods whose overlooked existence acts as a form of preservation. Amalgamations of livestock processed with guarded chemical formulas. Extruded into countless layers of packaging. Through the entropy of consciousness these consumer items have been regurgitated and presented through a satirical lens.

In case of emergency, there is a plan for escape. Speaking to the innate ambition to be led and for extenuating circumstances to be resolved without struggle, the phrase connotes seeming impossibilities that can become true with the forfeit of agency. This pursuit may cause one to dive into realities which separate them from the true world, each leap into the void increasingly confirming the original’s lack of importance. As myriad perspectives of existence fold inward towards implosion, a life that surpasses one’s own comes to feel in reach while the time to retain consciousness slips away.

A total of 21 pieces were featured in In Case of Emergency.