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WHETHER THE CONSEQUENCES OF OUR MISTAKES OR SIMPLY CATASTROPHIC BAD LUCK, TRAGEDY IS SEEMINGLY EVERYWHERE, FROM THE PRIVATE SUFFERING IN our DAILY LIves TO THE GENERATION-DEFINING and WORLD-CHANGING EVENTS WE EXPERIENCE TOGETHER. 

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IN THE DISASTERPIECE SERIES, MACHINES PUMP STEAM AND BLOOD, FILLED WITH ESCAPING AIR AND FLAMMABLE GASES AND RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, NAVIGATING  ICE FIELDS AND STORM CLOUDS AND MELTDOWNS, forever A SINGLE MISSTEP AWAY FROM DISASTER.

 

BODIES AGE, SHIPS SINK, COUNTRIES BURN, AND DREAMS EXPLODE IN STRATOSPHERIC FIREBALLS.
 

THESE EXPERIENCES are sometimes MYTHOLOGIZED IN AN ATTEMPT TO REMEMBER AND ACCEPT THEM, OR may be REDEFINED WITH FANTASTIC CONSPIRACIES. SOME VIEW TRAGEDY AS ENTERTAINMENT, TRANSFORMED INTO MONEY MAKING OPPORTUNITIES WITH PRICE TAGS AND SHOW TIMES, WHILE OTHERS USE HUMOR TO REGAIN POWER OVER TRAUMATIC EVENTS AND SURVIVE THE UNSURVIVABLE.

 

ALTERNATELY SOMBRE, SILLY, IRREVERENT, AND EERIE, THESE WORKS ARE MUSINGS ON THE WORLD AND OUR EXPERIENCES IN IT ON OUR WAY TO THE BOTTOM OF THE ATLANTIC.

 

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SYL SUYDAM IS A BROOKLYN BASED

VIDEO PRODUCER, FILMMAKER, WRITER, AND PAINTER

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