AS WE MOVE INTO THE FUTURE WITH INCREASING MOMENTUM, FUELLED BY A SOCIETY WHO’S ATTENTION IS SOLD TO ADVERTISERS, FOR OURSELVES AND FOR EACH OTHER, I THINK IT’S CLEAR MANY OF US WOULD BENEFIT, FOR ONCE, JUST TO DO NOTHING. TO SLOW DOWN...
“WE ARE SEDATED AND SEDUCED BY IMAGES AND ON THE OTHER HAND RUTHLESSLY OPERATIONALISE OURSELVES VIA THEIR MEANS, CREATING CURATED DOPPELGANGERS WHO ARE MORE PALATABLE THAN OUR REAL, FLAWED, SELVES. ON EVERY LEVEL – PERSONAL, SOCIAL, POLITICAL, OPTICAL – THE SPACE BETWEEN REALITY AND FANTASY IS VASTLY REDUCED, AND MAY ONE DAY DISAPPEAR.” JEAN MCNEIL, ‘THE FATE OF SPACE’ (2020)
IN A WORLD THAT IS SO SATURATED WITH THE DIGITAL, IT IS INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO KNOW WHAT'S REAL AND WHAT IS NOT. THESE IMAGES, WHICH ABSTRACT SPACE AND THE BODY, I HOPE BRING THE AUDIENCE TO REFLECT ON QUESTIONS SUCH AS, WHAT IS REAL? WHAT IS THE BODY? WHAT IS SPACE? WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A HUMAN?
“ABSTRACTION TODAY IS NO LONGER THAT OF THE MAP, THE DOUBLE, THE MIRROR OF THE CONCEPT. SIMULATION IS NO LONGER THAT OF A TERRITORY, A REFERENTIAL BEING OR A SUBSTANCE. IT IS THE GENERATION BY MODELS OF A REAL WITHOUT ORIGIN OR REALITY: A HYPERREAL.” JEAN BAUDRILLARD, ‘SIMULACRA AND SIMULATION’ (1981)
“WE ARE SEDATED AND SEDUCED BY IMAGES AND ON THE OTHER HAND RUTHLESSLY OPERATIONALISE OURSELVES VIA THEIR MEANS, CREATING CURATED DOPPELGANGERS WHO ARE MORE PALATABLE THAN OUR REAL, FLAWED, SELVES. ON EVERY LEVEL – PERSONAL, SOCIAL, POLITICAL, OPTICAL – THE SPACE BETWEEN REALITY AND FANTASY IS VASTLY REDUCED, AND MAY ONE DAY DISAPPEAR.” JEAN MCNEIL, ‘THE FATE OF SPACE’ (2020)
IN A WORLD THAT IS SO SATURATED WITH THE DIGITAL, IT IS INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO KNOW WHAT'S REAL AND WHAT IS NOT. THESE IMAGES, WHICH ABSTRACT SPACE AND THE BODY, I HOPE BRING THE AUDIENCE TO REFLECT ON QUESTIONS SUCH AS, WHAT IS REAL? WHAT IS THE BODY? WHAT IS SPACE? WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A HUMAN?
“ABSTRACTION TODAY IS NO LONGER THAT OF THE MAP, THE DOUBLE, THE MIRROR OF THE CONCEPT. SIMULATION IS NO LONGER THAT OF A TERRITORY, A REFERENTIAL BEING OR A SUBSTANCE. IT IS THE GENERATION BY MODELS OF A REAL WITHOUT ORIGIN OR REALITY: A HYPERREAL.” JEAN BAUDRILLARD, ‘SIMULACRA AND SIMULATION’ (1981)