Pat Scull's exhibit, Aliens Among Us

With her interest in scale and perception,

Scull was looking at images of magnified insects. She thought that if humans were the same size as insects, the human obsession with racial and geographical segregation would switch to universal feelings of sheer terror, much as she imagines would happen if aliens invaded Earth.

At the same time, she was inspired by an article she read by retired astronaut Ron Garan, who described looking at the Earth from space. He realized how tiny our home is, with all of life protected by only a thin blue atmosphere. Scull began a new series of paintings and ceramic sculptures, concentrating on creating half-insect/half-human figures. She decided to use interesting markings inspired by Asian, Greek, African, European, and Native American ceramics and art to create this body of work. 

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To accompany this series, Scull created video animations using these new paintings and sculptures.  In her exhibit, the labels of the paintings and sculptures used in the videos

include a QR link to the videos, which can be viewed on a phone while visiting the exhibit.​