This series is a consequence of my readings on the Society of Spectacle while thinking about the constant focus on ‘having’ and ironically listening to young monies rap music.
‘In a consumer society, social life is not about living, but about having; the spectacle uses the image to convey what people need and must have. Consequently, social life moves further, leaving a state of “having” and proceeding into a state of “appearing”; namely the appearance of the image.[12]’
“In a world which really is topsy-turvy, the true is a moment of the false.”
Ironically because, listening to Minaj, Future, Asap sing about how they ‘made it’ and reading the above Guy Debord’s aphorism on the Society of Spectacle, is an association of unsychronised and displaced feelings that end up existing in a space in-between. Without a clear definition, that is uncanny and presents a situation when something is about to happen.
Making pictures with a strict idea in mind before taking the pictures doesn’t fulfil me with any joy. Not anymore. Unless is about space and social issues. Just like eating a lemon is for the digestive propose not for its sweetness hidden by the acidic content.
The result it seems to be uneasy and tense. Made by the displacement of these social theories in combination to young monies music, I have come to associate and select old pictures that place you in a moment that is uneasy, yet familiar. Situation that we all have at some point experienced.
