"At doom’s doorstep: It is 100 seconds to midnight".

- hand drawn/painted; ink and watercolor on paper; 30 x 30 cm.

The Doomsday Clock is a symbol that represents the likelihood of a man-made global catastrophe. Since its creation in 1947, the clock has never been so close to midnight as it is now.

"Founded in 1945 by Albert Einstein and University of Chicago scientists who helped develop the first atomic weapons in the Manhattan Project, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists created the Doomsday Clock two years later, using the imagery of apocalypse (midnight) and the contemporary idiom of nuclear explosion (countdown to zero) to convey threats to humanity and the planet. The Doomsday Clock is set every year by the Bulletin’s Science and Security Board in consultation with its Board of Sponsors, which includes 11 Nobel laureates. The Clock has become a universally recognized indicator of the world’s vulnerability to catastrophe from nuclear weapons, climate change, and disruptive technologies in other domains."

For more information: www.thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/timeline
Some of the artefacts used for reference in this artwork (besides the obvious landmarks): Order of St. George - Russian Imperial Fabergé Egg, made during the First World War; The Rotas-Sator Square - as a symbol for Christianity. The rest is up to your interpretation.

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Track 1: Samuel Francis Johnson - Rite Ambient.
Track 2: DSTechnician - Orbital Rain.

Nuclear war related sound effects added to the tracks by me.

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