Pandemic at Home
Title
Pandemic at Home
Description
A digital image from Fortnite's "Creative Mode"depicting an individual at home during Covid-19 and Bubonic plague. The side by side images compare and contrast the housing and resource situations during the separate pandemics.
This piece expresses how the Black Death and the Covid-19 pandemic are similar, and
also how they are different. It shows that they were similar through the struggles of being trapped inside. Both pandemics forced us to stay in our homes and rethink life as we knew it. For us, school, business, politics, and so on changed, and the same is true for the people during the Black Death to an extent. The differences that are shown are the differences in housing and resources. During the Covid-19 pandemic, we had much nicer houses with things like air conditioning to keep us cool, and computers to allow us to chat with friends and do work. During the Black Death, the homes were much worse, and there were no real ways to connect with others or to work and earn money.
This piece was created inside of Fortnite’s “Creative Mode”; a mode where players can
use different items and devices to create experiences for other players around the world. The mode can be used to create racing maps or a cool adventure game, but it can also be used to create art and express yourself. I’m a terrible artist, so I thought, “Why not use a system that I am not only accustomed to but a system built into the game that I enjoy playing?”.
This piece expresses how the Black Death and the Covid-19 pandemic are similar, and
also how they are different. It shows that they were similar through the struggles of being trapped inside. Both pandemics forced us to stay in our homes and rethink life as we knew it. For us, school, business, politics, and so on changed, and the same is true for the people during the Black Death to an extent. The differences that are shown are the differences in housing and resources. During the Covid-19 pandemic, we had much nicer houses with things like air conditioning to keep us cool, and computers to allow us to chat with friends and do work. During the Black Death, the homes were much worse, and there were no real ways to connect with others or to work and earn money.
This piece was created inside of Fortnite’s “Creative Mode”; a mode where players can
use different items and devices to create experiences for other players around the world. The mode can be used to create racing maps or a cool adventure game, but it can also be used to create art and express yourself. I’m a terrible artist, so I thought, “Why not use a system that I am not only accustomed to but a system built into the game that I enjoy playing?”.
Creator
Vincent Dibiase
Date
November 2022
Citation
Vincent Dibiase, “Pandemic at Home,” Rhode Island COVID-19 Archive, accessed May 18, 2024, https://www.ricovidarchive.org/items/show/8553.
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