“Don’t wait for the Last Judgement. It takes place every day.” - Albert Camus.
In Memoriam responds to the trepidations, discomforts and overarching feelings of apocalypticism in everyday life.
On 28th January 2025, the Doomsday Clock was moved one second closer to midnight — the closest the hand has been to midnight at 89 seconds since the clock was created in 1947. The clock is a metaphor for how close humanity is to destroying itself, with midnight representing the end of human civilisation.
In Memoriam is a cathartic response to the overarching feelings of uncertainty and discomforts that govern everyday life while staring the disaster closer. The series uses mediated imagery, memories and dreams from within the endless heap of imagery that we are subjected to and tangled amongst daily, in an attempt to document the disorientation of the relentless passage through life toward the ultimate cataclysm.
“I often get surprised with intrusive thoughts at random moments where everything suddenly ends. A catastrophic disaster, an ultimate cataclysm - so seemingly absolute - everything we know violently falls apart. In Memoriam is an attempt to document some of the images that appear during these fleeting moments.” - Sam Horton
In Memoriam has been made into a publication by Barnsley independent publishing collective Borough.inc. Email me at samxhorton@gmail.com for a copy. £20 + P&P UK.
Exhibited at Frontier Gallery from 7th November 2025 - January 2026.
In Memoriam responds to the trepidations, discomforts and overarching feelings of apocalypticism in day-to-day life.
"I’m often surprised by random intrusive thoughts, where everything suddenly comes to an end. A catastrophic disaster, an ultimate cataclysm - so seemingly absolute - everything we know violently falls apart. In Memoriam is an attempt to fossilise and document some of these fragmented images.” - Sam Horton
In Memoriam has been made into a publication by Barnsley independent publishing collective Borough.inc.
