A dystopian future is a common theme in art. There is something about the world being in a worse place than it is today that piques the imagination of artists and inspires them to create some astonishingly captivating works.
One such artist is Simon Laveuve, who creates miniatures that represent housing objects as he sees them in the distant future. His creations are full of intricate details and curious structural solutions, ranging from a house that is floating on the sea thanks to barrels to an elaborate Asian architecture-influenced home built on a single pole.
According to the artist, habitat and survival are central elements of his approach.
“My pieces, for the most part, have this common point of depicting a shelter,” Laveuve explains on his website. “A shelter for man, made by man, whose figure is not necessarily present. I like working on height and the inaccessible. Protection and abandonment. Fallen icons and their symbolisms. Resistance and insubordination.”
Self-taught, Laveuve started creating his miniatures in 2016. He prefers to use recycled material whenever he can, believing in “the principle of second life and recycling through art for creation.”
Continue scrolling to check out more of Laveuve’s miniatures that are coming straight from his version of the dystopian future.
