Commonly, there is no place like home. However with the ever increasing human population and urban sprawl, the homes of our closest animal relatives are being destroyed.
On a recent trip to London I was inspired by the underground jungle of the tube and began thinking about the implications of human encroachment on wildlife habitat. ‘Frank and Betty in Aldwych’ is a juxtaposition of these worlds. I wondered what it would look like if primates had to live in ‘our’ world. Aldwych Station was left abandoned in 1994 and this echos the frivolity of human nature and how easily we abuse and cast away our precious environment. Humans have an overwhelming sense of place and ownership but are we really more entitled to the land than our primate ancestors?
The hyperrealistic style makes the scene believable, relatable and more importantly allows the viewer to empathise with Frank and Betty’s predicament.