KIM MORSKI

Not Wittingly

In this series of prints and carved objects, I explore themes of willful deception and complicit action in covert military projects. I hone in on the details of found subject matter, focusing the viewer’s attention on the peculiar significance of an unsettling image or phrase.

Since 2013, I have been making work about secret tests conducted in St. Louis, Missouri shortly after WWII, in which the U.S. Army worked with scientists to spray residential areas with radioactive zinc cadmium sulfide. I draw comparisons between these Cold War era tests and present-day concerns, such as the increasing opacity of the U.S. Government on issues of surveillance and military activity. I am interested in the parallels between the military strategies, as well as the tactics used to explain them to or hide them from the public. Materially, these works are joined to a rich, democratic tradition of political commentary and protest through printmaking.

All Images © Kim Morski