“Apocalypse Toys” discusses our slipping chances of mitigating and reversing climatic and environmental changes caused by the mistreatment of resources. The work uses the form of a popular childhood toy to examine the artist's own experience growing up in a dying world and question how the climate crisis will impact the childhood experience of future generations. 

 

The toy is filled with water runoff and garbage collected from the Dry Creek No. 2-3 Stormwater Sewer Basin (part of the Boulder Creek Watershed) near the artist’s home. Dry Creek No. 2-3  is a problem location identified by the City of Boulder due to its frequent drainage problems and poor water quality. 

 

They toy’s tubular form and flexible materials makes it so the object can slip easily out of the viewers hands. This is reflective of the slipping global health, our failure to properly manage natural resources, and our inability to rectify the climate crisis.