„Daydreams and nightmares seem to inform Stephen Tompkins‘ work equally. One addictively absorbing example is GummyMorph, a compendium of lugubrious shape-shifting goblins and tumescent worms that inflate, bloat, pop, reconfigure, melt and sway to a mesmerizing percussive soundtrack. Domesticated Celestial Bestiary (this animation opens with a gong as a house decants an unlikely menagerie of creatures before promptly deliquescing), is another key example of Tompkins‘ associative process which playfully sutures the sublime and the ridiculous.“ – Robin Clark, PhD, MCASD (Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego)
