A central topic in Keyes' work is his speculative imaginings about a
dystopian future, where the United States operates on the world stage
as a political and environmental tyrant (whether these works are
perceived as speculative or futuristic depends on the viewer’s point of
view). The installation A Thousand Points of Light,
a reference to the administration of George H W Bush, creates a new
American flag revealing the United States as both predator and prey in
the political and economic “oceans” of the world.
