The scariest haunted house this election year? ‘Doomocracy’
Performance-Based Installation Now on View at Brooklyn Army Terminal
Artist Pedro Reyes thinks American politics are pretty darn terrifying, especially this election year, and he wants to scare the wits out of you with his “Doomocracy” exhibition.
Alternately called “The Haunted House of Political Horrors,” the satirical, performance-based installation that opened Friday has visitors navigate a series of rooms that deal with scary things like gun violence, climate change and painkiller addiction.
“When I think of Frankenstein, I think of genetic engineering and the food industry,” said the artist, whose primary home is in Mexico City. “When I think of vampires, I think of banks and the financial sector, or if you think of zombies, you can think of how people are addicted to prescription drugs.”