Most of us receive information about the acts of the authorities through personal digital devices. Yet a political discourse requires a more complex space for interaction beyond the allowance of binary opinions that the competition for Internet points affords us.
This body of work - Memes of Authority - originates from mediated news footage found online. Painted in a realistic style, the works propose an alternate speed of image consumption in opposition to the impatience of digital content, with the aim of opening up a discussion space to the widest possible audience. Once removed of their contextual signifiers of specific administrations what remains is a soft power vocabulary of wealth. These recitals of authority use a continuity of historical wealth that asserts an inherited right to rule that persists regardless of ideological positions.
This body of work focuses on the performance and staging of governmental power and how visual context influences our interpretation of information.
This body of work - Memes of Authority - originates from mediated news footage found online. Painted in a realistic style, the works propose an alternate speed of image consumption in opposition to the impatience of digital content, with the aim of opening up a discussion space to the widest possible audience. Once removed of their contextual signifiers of specific administrations what remains is a soft power vocabulary of wealth. These recitals of authority use a continuity of historical wealth that asserts an inherited right to rule that persists regardless of ideological positions.
This body of work focuses on the performance and staging of governmental power and how visual context influences our interpretation of information.