Erika Verzutti: New World
Oliver Basciano, TL Mag
June 2023
I’ve always thought the final scene in Planet of the Apes, where the discovery of a decaying Statue of Liberty leads to the realisation that, all along, the film was set on Earth millennia in the future, could be extended. I’d like to see Taylor, the astronaut protagonist, venturing further through fully rewilded post-apocalyptic New York, stumbling over the ruins of the Chelsea gallery district, the wreckage of the Museum of Modern Art.
What would all that lost art look like in the year 3978? What will rot? What will future civilisations try to preserve? If they ever take up my suggestion for one of the endless sequels to the classic 1968 film (Hollywood… it’s all yours), then Erika Verzutti could be drafted in for the set design. […]