We are schizophrenic as a species, isolated from and warring with what is essentially part of our being--the rest of the world. 'Born dead' not yet living, Deep Black having 'fallen off the earth,' tries to remember, to return and find his way home, to leave the deserts for the land of the living.

Mr Pickerill is a multimedia artist with roots in poetry and photography since a teenager. Influenced by Antonin Artaud, Viennese Actionism, and 70's SoCal video and performance since 1997 he has been developing the Omen Project a series of performances, video and installations centered on his writing. Inspired by the themes in the Iliad and the Odyssey- the primacy of personal love over societal conflict and control. He has staged 12 productions and taken part in many Video festivals internationally. Most recently he has had photography published in Ninja magazine and video shown on the Art Channel, both out of Paris, France. Mr Pickerill lives and works in Brooklyn NY.

Burning from the inside, sun and moon collide; open the flesh.