Jacob Turner
Pomona College, Media Studies
Preparing To Save The Day
Preparing To Save the Day (PTSD) is a multimedia installation that questions humanity's heroic aspirations. Preparing To Save the Day exists as a representation of the multiplicity of the hero probing into matters that question the true nature of the hero. The question of whether or not you are capable of saving any particular day is one that forces you to think inward and ponder your own existential spatiality- who are you in the context of the world, who’s hero are you trying to be, how can you save the day, how can I save the day, how can the day be saved? Ultimately, I haven’t come to any one conclusion regarding the capacities with which one should believe in their own spatial existence. Rather, PTSD seeks to describe notions of the various planes of existence that we as humans can occupy and, more importantly, that we seek to occupy. The installation draws inspiration from Batman's iconic batcave, taking the viewer into the world of an original "hero", Creed, The Wanderer. Creed bares the mantle of The Wanderer, the Earth's "Karmic Enforcer" maintaining a balance of "good" and "evil" forces on Earth.