About the Artist

Kit Layfield is an absurdist cartoonist living in Philadelphia.

All artwork is created by hand in ink, then scanned with color added digitally.

I have been consumed with the idea of Digital Climate Change. I like to think of the various information ecosystems online in the same terms I would think of a natural ecosystem. A fact can not exist alone, in the same way a flower can not exist alone. It needs to be rooted in something, it needs to be constantly exposed to changing natural conditions, it needs light, it needs dark, it needs airs and it needs water.  The Digital Climate is horribly polluted. Pseudoscience and Science are posted side by side, Fact and Opinion are never treated differently, Corrupt Content is indistinguishable from Original Content. The perfect example of Digital Climate Change is the information ecosystem surrounding actual Climate Change. Every year the information supporting Climate Change has become more and more undeniable and simultaneously Americans belief in Climate Change has dropped. I think the information online backing up the truth of Climate Science is out there, however the ecosystem that allows that information to survive and spread has been severely endangered.

My ambition for my artwork is to tip the climate online back in the right direction, just a little tiny bit. Could somebody see a mask online, one that is so absurd it could never exist in reality, and make them think about wearing a mask in reality? I think it’s possible. The pandemic is tied into every element of life as an American. Our crumbling Health Care system, underfunded Education System, that total lack of Criminal Justice and Racial Justice and Equal Rights, and Environmental and Financial Inequality are all horrible worsened by the current state of the world. My hope is by combining elements that would seem to be clashing but are all interconnected into every illustration, people will make connections in their mind that we not there before. I want people to see my drawing and feel a cool refreshing breeze, as an idea moves from one place to another. That’s the dream at least!

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