The Post-Apocalyptic Travel Guide, Tara Lyon’s Creative PhD exhibition

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Tara Lyon’s Creative PhD exhibition, “The Post-Apocalyptic Travel Guide” “The Post-Apocalyptic Travel Guide” follows a speculative government organization (USDOPSAC – United States Department of Public Safety and Control) tasked with documenting the conditions of the planet’s surface while also distributing safe, virtual travel experiences for survivors living in bunkers. The virtual travel experiences include brochures, videos, a website, and photo ops with your favorite ruin. The creative project melds truth and fiction by presenting current “truthful” documentary images of abandoned ruins in the American landscape that are contextualized into the performance of a speculative, “fictional” post-apocalyptic narrative. The inefficiency of the