Journey of the Invader Spirit is a multimedia installation that reimagines the Earth’s history, from its genesis to the present day. The narrative is centered around a pair of twin spirits, primordial entities whose disagreements are responsible for grand developments in our world, such as the creation of bodies of water, Pangea’s breakup, and the Industrial Revolution. One twin is distinguished as Mind Matter, who represents greed, consumerism, domination, and control. His sister, the Spirit Flesh, advocates for harmony and values above all else the interconnected web that encapsulates all living things. Their union results in the birth of the Invader Spirit, the embodiment of our current climate crisis. The story told in Journey of the Invader Spirit is a wondrous reinterpretation of human history that illustrates our greatest flaws and our innate desire to fight for the survival of the world we inhabit.

Mandy Morrison commands ghosts and spirits as the guides on this journey through her artwork’s various settings, while storytelling visuals transcend time and space to discuss the cause and effect of our world’s current state. Mandy Morrison: Journey of the Invader Spirit shines a light on a downtrodden metropolis that is not too far off from an economic collapse, the environmental impact of manufacturing, and the overarching effects of capitalism on our daily lives. However, Mandy Morrison’s artwork is ultimately about humanity’s inextinguishable hope that we can rehabilitate society and our planet before it is too late.

Mandy Morrison: Journey of the Invader Spirit is a call to action, to remember our world is sustained by our relationships with other people and our environment as we relearn to coexist with one another in an age of global health crises, environmental decline, and technological advancement.