An accompanying essay mentions: “Daily unrest in the name of democracy seems endemic to some nations, whereas in others, complacency breeds blissful collapse. Volatile shifts in the balance of power appear inevitable, with over-consumption taking a tangible toll.
"The media's reductive narratives and sweeping generalizations over large swathes of the globe are no longer plausible as Fact. New patterns emanate, emerging at a pace more rapid than ever in regard to technology, nature, policy and social upheaval. Cultural practitioners yearn to reflect this multiplicity of voices.”
Enter ‘Fission. Fusion’, a term often used to describe the melding of different cultures, seems overused and worn out. A mainstream marketing gimmick, somewhat analogous to assimilation or multiculturalism, fusion advocates tolerance of the ‘Other’, albeit according to its own convenience and within the bounds of what it deems tasteful. What's more interesting is fission – when things split apart, reorganize and regenerate, smudging and splintering neatly kept categories and conventional wisdom in the process.
The results are not necessarily hybrids, but new inauthentic, hyper-local and interdisciplinary manifestations resulting from willful or imposed dislocation. The work in this exhibition will center on the concept of fission, while encompassing a wide range of formal concerns, the essay further elaborates.
Eric Ayotte, Ruby Chishti, Jace Clayton (aka DJ Rupture), Sarnath Banerjee, Gisela Insuaste, Mala Iqbal, James Cullinane, John Jurayj, Nitin Mukul, Seher Naveed, Pooneh Maghazehe, Yamini Nayar, Kanishka Raja, and Abir Karmakar feature in the show. All these participating artists explore and redefine spatial boundaries, of both collective and individual experience, through the distinctive ‘Fission’ of aesthetically divergent cultural visions, positing that ‘Fact’ itself must be unearthed, challenged and explored to best understand its fully-fused meanings.
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