My print combines footage of both the OceanGate Titanic Submersible 18.06.23 and the Greek Boat Disaster 14.06.23, blurring the boundaries of both tragedies to pose questions of wealth, social class, race and power/lessness in relation to who receives media coverage and who doesn’t.

“Across the span of nearly a week, the saga of a lost submersible that had gone into the depths of the ocean to see the Titanic wreckage rippled across the national and global conversation — culminating in news that the craft had imploded and its five occupants were dead.

… But a far bigger disaster days earlier, the wrecking of a ship off Greece filled with migrants that killed at least 80 people and left a horrifying 500 missing, did not become a moment-by-moment worldwide focus in anywhere near the same way.

… one event involved rich people using the ocean as a playground, while the other was a sadly frequent recurrence of misfortune befalling people who lack status, resources or even a voice in the modern marketplace of ideas.” ~ David Sharp (AP) June 23, 2023

“The rescue efforts also couldn’t be more different: a frantic rush to save five wealthy people versus a shoulder shrug at the idea of 100 children dead at the bottom of the sea.” ~ Arwa Mahdawi The Guardian, Thu 22 Jun 2023