Evilution Project

Civilisation has greatly benefited from man's infinite capacity for research and invention: a capacity that is frequently harnessed for the destruction of others, the full horror of which can manifest itself at any time.

This ongoing project is my personal response as an artist to this evil phenomenon and its innocent victims in relation to the times in which I have lived, the people I have met and the events I have witnessed. For this purpose, I am using constructions, collages, photographs and video together with writings which include those drawn from numerous childhood memories.

Althougth there are many examples of this Evilution, the first phase of the project, will focus on examples for which a single name is synonymous with the mass destruction of innocent lives by the corrupt use of science and technology. The next phase will deal with the Western Front during the 1914-18 War which destroyed a generation of young men who were the victims of innocence. Regular updates of this website will deal with future phases and other aspects of the Evilution Project, a project which is likely to occupy me for the forseeable future.

Roy Ray. 2009