How to see through fire and evil?
This publication stages entrusted artworks that reflect on our contemporary society and the diverse struggles around misinformation and inequality. How can’t we see the violence that is constantly exercised in our surroundings? Or to say it better, why is it so hard to see the flames of a world on fire without even realising that it’s burning? This publication attempts to explore the blurred vision of a society that it’s constantly preventing to see pressing urgencies.
From fashion culture and beauty standards to anxiety, misinformation and ideological state apparatuses. The artworks expand the reflection of misinformation and its consequences to social equity and wellbeing in different ways. This exhibition format will present the research of 5 artists entrusted with the task of portraying different ways that human beings struggle in society against pressing inequalities. In a world that prevents people from looking at the violence that burdens millions of lives on this planet, we present this selection of artworks not as a definitive answer, but rather to inspire the viewer to reflect on their own way of consuming information and transcend it.
Artists' Reflection:
Dean: Society is built upon layers of misinformation where reality is distorted and filtered through self-interest. Rather than toeing the line we need to avoid internalising our feelings and respond in any way that is empowering.
Adam: This narrative aims to expose the societal structures that foster injustice and misinformation, serving as a bridge between abstract concepts and the audience. It represents an intervention in cultural hegemony, facilitating critical discourse on equity.
Yian: I work to spark reflection on pervasive misinformation in virtual spaces and foster a fashionable community that champions the ideals of democracy, equality, and inclusion.
Xiaoqiong: We are indoctrinated by social media, advertising and the entertainment industry with the aesthetic concepts and data of the times, and the way these data shape our personal aesthetic perceptions, and whether or not this shapes our subjective choices of what is "beautiful".
Luis: People that live in this contemporary world should not feel violence because of how they look, how they think, or how they behave. People are different and that diversity is the treasure that society attempts to homogenise.
