The Ejaculatte in the Pool is the Least of My Concerns Meme Swarm Redux 2021 7/9

The world is popping and the nameless horrors are getting hotted up. A capeless Thor fends off the advances of a randy Cthonic monstrosity as a white hot volcano erupts violently in the background. The background to this image is a painting of Vesuvius erupting by Joseph Turner.

Based on a true story.

Image description: Pen and ink drawing with digital collage colouring - image says, "The Ejaculatte in the Pool is the Least of My Concerns" and shows a capeless Thor battling an oozing mess of Lovecraftian horrors.

The Ejaculatte in the Pool is the Least of My Concerns is the 7th NFT in the MemeSwarm Redux 2021 collection

About Meme Swarm Redux 2021 <<< These psychedoodlic haikus were created for a group exhibit called Gene Swarm curated by Rupert Bottenberg and held at Le Kop Shop, Montreal, Canada, during November 2006. The participants were Luke Ramsey, Billy Mavreas, Rupert Bottenberg and Marc Ngui.

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Gene Swarm is a term gleaned from one of Terence Mckenna's many monologues. It refers to the flow of genetic information on the earth over millennia as it would be perceived by a consciousness capable of observing events unfolding over extremely long time scales. Mckenna's point was that individual species (nevermind individuals) would exist only as flickers of flesh while the genetic information would be the continuous elements combining and recombining, dancing each other in and out of prominence as environments changed and evolutionary forces selected the most appropriate combinations. This idea of observing evolution at a bio-molecular level over geologic time seems to have been impossible until the 20th century. The title Meme Swarm was generated when gene was switched to meme as a way of emphasizing information content over biological processes.

About the Creation Process <<<

Each image was first drawn with ink on paper, scanned at a high resolution and digitally coloured and collaged. Many images use classical and famous paintings as backgrounds and these are noted below. Other elements used include personal photographs and images gleaned off the web, also noted below, and patterns and textures generated specifically for this project. They have been remastered and generally improved for their NFT debut.