Kitty Clark: Co-workers
The screening programme includes work by Eloïse Bonneviot & Anne De Boer; Jon Rafman; Nicole Stenger; Leon Sadler & Yannick Val Gesto; and Daniel Swan.
This free event and is part of the inaugural Leicester Art Week, a co-ordinated programme of exhibitions and event’s happening across the city from Fri 4 – Sun 13 November.
MR. NOBODY
Phoenix is proud to present Mr. Nobody, a solo show of new work by Kitty Clark commissioned especially for our Cube Gallery. The exhibition features an oculus rift virtual reality experience at the centre of a series of sculptures and projection works, which explore a common abstracted narrative.
Mr. Nobody, the central figure in the installation, is a salary man living in the near future suffering from technostress, a term coined to describe the negative psychological relationship between people and new technologies.
Technostress manifests itself physically, psychologically and behaviorally as a result of overexposure to technology. Computer rage – a side effect to this phenomenon – has driven people to verbally and physically assault their devices, in some cases involving the use of weapons against an individual’s own computer as a way of coping with intense frustrations over the failures of technology to deliver on the promises of an easier and more efficient existence.
Clark’s work highlights a sense of anxiety and fear as our desire for digital salvation is replaced by a darker and more complex relationship with technology.