Title

Constructed Isolation

Creator

Kang, Samanjit

Abstract

This project explores how a single image can communicate complex ideas of isolation, internal conflict, and contemporary life through science fiction and surrealism. Using Leonardo AI, I constructed a lunar landscape inspired by Interstellar (2014), Kay Sage’s surrealist architecture, Frederick Edwin Church’s Twilight in the Wilderness, and Bill Brandt’s symbolic photography. The image combines monumental concrete structures, a dramatic red sky, and a hidden human eye to reflect the psychological tension of existing in a hyper-connected yet isolating digital world. By blending cinematic, painterly, and photographic influences, this work examines how visual imagery can function as narrative, emotion, and meaning without relying on text.

Keywords

isolation

surrealism

observation

Subject

interdisciplinary

Date Available

May 28, 2026

Type

PowerPoint Presentation

Course

HFP 2245 Is a Picture a Thousand Words?

Course Offering Term

Fall semester 2025

Instructor

O'Brien, Emer

Session

Honors Creative Projects

Location

Student Lounge

Event

Year 2026 | 10th Annual Student Research and Creative Arts Symposium