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Billboard
The anxiety of people feeling alienated by their own neighborhood as familiar places become abandoned to make way for new developments.
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Dead Mall
Broken hopes and dreams represented by small stores going out of business due to large corporations taking over an area.
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Flyers
Feeling plastered over by new developments to create more profitable areas, ignoring the community there originally.
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Gas Station
Comparing a gas station to an ancient Greek temple to show how people are beholden to big industries like oil and automobiles, often treating them as more important than other needs of the people.
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Grocery Store
While grocery stores offer a large variety of goods, the sheer amount of options and bright colours can create a disorienting experience.
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Pay Phone
Since cellphones are extremely common now, payphones are rare and those that are still around are often in bad condition, leaving people without cellphones disconnected.
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Shoe
Shoe King, a beloved Hamilton building, changing its appearance over the years, showing the struggle of maintaining a small business.
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Subway
The experience of feeling overwhelmed in a subway station due to crowds and an uninviting design but needing to use that transit.
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Window
A window full of plants shows the small ways people can take control of their own space and make it more comfortable despite the city around them.
Work by
Eldon Barrett
Illustration
“'Signs of Life' explores the varied aspects of spaces by viewing them through an emotive lens to illustrate the challenges urban development imposes on people and communities. These images question...” [More]