Faculty of Art

Integrated Media

Dom Larraguibel

Back down there

Back down there is a graphic novel that ties together conflict between the anti-social nature of consuming youtube, and being a watcher and feeling like social media fufills socialization requirements. my character Nox, named after nitrogen oxide works through their thoughts while considering climate change and learns how to feel again through garden work. this novel works as a pair with my video titled Nox that this is a video follows Nox who is comprised of an index and middle fingers through philosophical space to question why their fingers only feel alive when touching soil and plants. "why am i numb to everything, i try to connect, i can't feel my bed anymore"-Noxlearning about ontario native plants, Nox feels connected and then questions why they were disconnected in the first place.