Zombie Origins & Evolution

Zombie Origins & Evolution We are producing an interactive and multidisciplinary art exhibit, including public and studio based visual art, as well as a documentary.

Project Background and Description:

The goal of this project is to produce an interactive and multidisciplinary art exhibit, including public and studio based visual art as well as a documentary, which examines, illustrates, and educates the origin and the evolution of zombies in contemporary culture. The current phenomenon of zombie popularity is primarily based on a series of films beginning wi

th 1968’s “Night of the Living Dead’. The flesh-eating zombie concept is full of social commentary. Contemporary film uses the Zombie as a way of describing the collapse of civilization based on whatever modern problems society faces. The Vodou Zombie, on the other hand, can be said to pose the question “What is the true nature and power of an individual”. The “Zombie” scares and invokes thoughts of the macabre, but the facts are often stranger than fiction. Our aim is to bring to light the true history and separate actual cultural and religious practices from stereotyped ideas of the western world. My team’s goal is to travel to Haiti to document our interactions with local historians, relic based artisans and other experts while creating relevant art and bringing HAMOC and FSC a unique style of exhibition that engages a new and diverse audience. Project Scope:

Our team, which includes myself, two videographer/documentarians, one muralist, one dance expert, and one tech expert travels to Port au Prince, Haiti for two weeks to film and investigate the true origin, religious significance and modern day relevance of the Vodou Zombie. While one crew films and interviews local Vodouists, priests and experts the second will film and engage local gallery owners and artists collecting relics and zombie related art. We will devote one week to our investigation process and one week to the time lapse filming of a single 8x14 foot piece of un-stretched canvas. The final painting will be a collaborative piece created by all the visual artists based on the discoveries of our investigation.

New items in the shop!! Sold out of my samples at the last show!! Order now, take yer mind off politics 😎
09/10/2024

New items in the shop!! Sold out of my samples at the last show!! Order now, take yer mind off politics 😎

New printify pop up shop. Prepping for a show on the 31st! Look to my store for all new products printed and sent direct...
08/25/2024

New printify pop up shop. Prepping for a show on the 31st! Look to my store for all new products printed and sent directly to you!!

Etsy sale!!!! 40% off everything in my store for one week. Happy New Year. https://www.etsy.com/shop/baligatos
01/02/2024

Etsy sale!!!!
40% off everything in my store for one week. Happy New Year. https://www.etsy.com/shop/baligatos

Shop Ben Salus Art by baligatos located in Homewood, Illinois.

Black Friday sale in my Etsy shop now!! All items 40% off now until Saturday
11/23/2023

Black Friday sale in my Etsy shop now!! All items 40% off now until Saturday

Shop Ben Salus Art by baligatos located in Homewood, Illinois.

Get your tickets online for our June events http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2549032
05/18/2016

Get your tickets online for our June events
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2549032

Features one of the screenings of scenes from the ZOE (Zombie: Origins and Evolution) Project documentary, plus art exhibition, live music, and live dance!

Check out our new video from the Fulton Street Collective event we held a while back
04/15/2016

Check out our new video from the Fulton Street Collective event we held a while back

Some stills from our JBTV fundraiser last night- Thank you to the performers and everybody who came out.
04/01/2016

Some stills from our JBTV fundraiser last night- Thank you to the performers and everybody who came out.

Don't miss They Found Us tonight ! Doors open at 6:30 at JBTV
03/31/2016

Don't miss They Found Us tonight ! Doors open at 6:30 at JBTV

“They Found Us sound check! Don't miss their show tonight doors open at 6:30 at JBTV!!”

Check out The Goods tonight at 6:30
03/31/2016

Check out The Goods tonight at 6:30

“Check out The Goods tonight at JBTV”

03/31/2016

“don't miss NoneTheLess tonight at JBTV !!”

03/31/2016

“Bremer and the No Goods sound check !”

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