A Flourish of Miniatures Thrive in Max Hooper Schneider’s Uncanny Post-Human Dioramas

Overgrown with Fruity Cheerios or plastic plants fit for a fish tank, the miniature dioramas that emerge from Max Hooper Schneider’s Los Angeles studio marry ecology and technology into an unsettling, post-human future. The artist (previously) constructs vast environments within small vitrines that position dolls, Tiffany lamps, and liquor bottles as relics of the past and fixtures of a new world.

trans-habitat, what he describes as “a relentless onslaught in which bodies…are continuously created, transformed, destroyed, and recreated.” His works imply this cyclical process as otherworldly organisms consume what were once everyday objects, and humans appear displaced from their role as primary actors. More

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