“Colonized” is from a series entitled “The Filmic Eye”, which examines characterization and the narrative structures of film and television.   This painting indulges its dramatic source, a 1950s Martian Sci-Fi film, a little differently than others from the series. Here, overprocessed film effects are pushed to absurdity with the application of May Morris’ wallpaper design. “Colonized” questions how delightful patterning can reposition narrative forces, how ‘dominant’ visual tropes function against ‘weaker’ ones. It is also a comment on terrestrial colonization as seen during space race era Hollywood.

Dylan Cram

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Dylan Cram was born in Victoria in 1977, he graduated with a Diploma in Fine Arts from Victoria College of Art in 2000, and holds a BFA in photography with Great Distinction from Concordia University in 2008. In 2017, he completed an MFA cum Laude in the Media, Art and Design course at the Bauhaus University in Weimar, Germany. To date, he has participated in numerous local and international exhibitions and residencies and his work is part of numerous private collections. He is currently represented by Gallery Merrick in Victoria BC.