ASP Artist Statement

Alex St-Pierre Pesant

03/31

Digital Imaging

Poster Project

Survival

When we think about adaptations, it is easy to forget the ways in which we change our ways of thinking and behavior according to our surroundings. Though this has served the human race well in both survival and evolution of our society, it can also influence us in ways that are temporarily effective, but make us less functional outside of that situation. No one is more susceptible to this phenomenon than children, as they are still developing themselves. I wanted my poster to create awareness of this effect particularly in the case of a child with conflicting parents.

I was drawn to this idea because I find that it is a factor in domestic conflicts that is often overlooked by the public attention, and something that a great many people experience during their childhood, myself included. With divorce rates for marriage in the US being almost 50%, there are a great many troubled households, and children are often caught in the crossfire. Though it is rarely their fault, children often feel caught in the middle, or become used to get at the other person. This can influence the child and change their behavior in order to best avoid being caught in these situations.