Stoic Euphoria

Stoic Euphoria
Taya Franco

Tuesday 21st July - Saturday 1st August

In our much discussed post modern age, consumption is presented as the prime means for us to shape our individual identities as human beings, with the possibility of original expression long since discredited by intellectuals and seemingly beyond our reach during everyday experience. This exhibit has been titled 'Stoic Euphoria', which instead of denying this apparent flaw in contemporary living becomes a parody - appropriating consumerist iconographies to form a thought-provoking exploration of the strict hegemonic gender binary which has been adopted, transformed and undeniably intertwined with the spread of capitalism, throughout both the rise global culture and emergence of femininity as a concept. The output collected here comprises several different works - ranging from kaleidoscopic, Dadaist, mixed media ensembles, to interactive installations and ready made objects which have undergone revisioning and physical transformation. At times they may be experienced by the audience in strange, perplexing ambiguous ways. However, they are not just cursory explorations of hyper-consumerism, but a body of work that display an underlying exploration of femininity, a deconstruction of what it might entail - the nature of its reality - along with a critique of mass market 'individuality' as an aspect of late capitalism.

For more information visit http://n-y-a.co.uk/unit-9-gallery/