Hello Class! Today we are going to learn how to survive the Nuclear Apocalypse (2017)

Fig 1. "Hello class! Today we are going to learn how to survive the nuclear apocalypse", video piece, still from video. 

Fig 1. "Hello class! Today we are going to learn how to survive the nuclear apocalypse", video piece, still from video. 

Fig 2. "Hello class! Today we are going to learn how to survive the nuclear apocalypse", video piece, still from video. 

Fig 2. "Hello class! Today we are going to learn how to survive the nuclear apocalypse", video piece, still from video. 

Fig 3. "Hello class! Today we are going to learn how to survive the nuclear apocalypse", video piece, still from video. 

Fig 3. "Hello class! Today we are going to learn how to survive the nuclear apocalypse", video piece, still from video. 

Fig 4. "Hello class! Today we are going to learn how to survive the nuclear apocalypse", video piece, still from video. 

Fig 4. "Hello class! Today we are going to learn how to survive the nuclear apocalypse", video piece, still from video. 

This video work, which was displayed as both an installation in a classroom setting, as well as played in a theatre setting, borrows from the unsettling optimism of the 1950's safety pamphlets which were a response to the anxieties of the cold war. After coming across these documents, the artist found herself interested in the nature of the empty promises which an object like these held, as well as their relevance in the current social polital climate. By recontextualizing this information in to the modern 'how-to' video format, with both a mix of humour and uneasiness, this work attempts to questions the systems of safety established in the 21st century, in the relation to those of the past.  

Video link: https://vimeo.com/271595026