When planning my Final Major Project, I initially spent some time deliberating over multiple potential ideas, each of a different nature. My only personal criteria to start with was that the project would either be entirely or mostly photographic, a decision I made by the end of the previous project due to positive feedback and advice on that side of the work. While narrowing down themes and ideas, dystopia and apocalyptic scenarios / environments arose as a possibility from considering working with the documentation of urban decay. I sought out a list of films, literature and games of the aforementioned genres looking for interesting ideas, one of which stood out in terms of premise for its supernatural basis: a novel entitled 'Black Easter' by James Blish.
The book was written in 1968, the concept being the existence of God, magic, and supernatural forces in a modern-day world. In the story, an arms-dealer with a sociopathic obsession for chaos and the desire for infamy seeks the help of a black magician to orchestrate a day of global terror. His intention is to summon all of Hell's demons to Earth to wreak havoc for a single day, on the understanding that he himself will be safe, and that the demons must return as specified. The demons are summoned and reign freely, with seemingly-inexplicable destruction occurring around the world as the dark force invisibly fulfils its purpose. However, as the time comes for Hell's creatures to return, the commands of their summoner are ignored and they refuse to co-operate- divine laws no longer bind them, for they announce that God is dead.
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