The evolution of man from ape to yuppie flashes before the viewer amid 3-D animation, paint box images, and digital compositions while a narrator provides satiric play-by-play commentary. Conceptually, verbally and graphically, man leaps forward through the centuries to master the litany of pop clichés and consumer culture acronyms of the modern age; and yet, he's never quite free of his original grunts.
Max Almy crystallizes cultural clichés into biting commentary in tapes employing a narrative format and a strong sense of theater to explore the uneasy relationship between humans and technology. Using sophisticated production techniques, often with an ironic twist, her work questions the values of contemporary society—especially those of speed, efficiency, and consumerism. Almy is the Dean of the School fo Digital Media at Savannah College of Art and Design, GA.