Two works exhibited in 2017 at Visual Bulk as part of the group show ENJOY!
Words on the work by Georgia Lucy by Samuel Mountford
Georgia Lucy is not a digital native. Georgia Lucy is like the beloved king whose kingdom turns to madness when they drink from the poisoned well. Alienated from his people the king ultimately decides to drink the poisoned water and join them in their insanity.
But Georgia Lucy did not drink the electric Kool-aid.
Instead, she offers us a glimpse from the outside; the death mask behind the yellow grimace. Turning to the sage-like wisdom of Peter Charles Macpherson, GL asks you to save your breath, raise your thumbs in solidarity and Like! Like! Like! She would give you a big pat on the back for being here. Go on you deserve it. Cool your ego, deflate a litle, relax.
After living off a strict diet of emoji foods Georgia Lucy’s shit has petrified. She’s been losing her hair.
The kingdom is reduced to ruins, a crypt of failed communication. Our shared system of symbols, signs and behaviours reduced to turds, shrugs and facial spasms. Fragments of conversation lost in translation. thumbs jerking in the wind, liking everything and nothing at the same time. Anti-social media. No wifi connection. Better drink that Kool-Aid now.
Approach like an archeologist. What do you see?
Like! Enjoy! Connect!
emojinal wreck
Plaster casts of the artist’s face, shit and foods from a diet on emoji foods e.g eggplant, orange, capsicum etc 🍎🥑🍆🍞🌽🥔🥕🥩🥭🥨☕️🍭🍩🌯🍷🍺🥦🥬🌶🍰🥒🌮
Likes!
Likes, Georgia Lucy installation work, two electric fans, CD’s, veterinary gloves, sticky tape, my breath, 2017
The audience walked through this celebratory hands tunnel to view the exhibition. It’s a pathetic…flaccid pat on the back, the sloppy stroke of ego you get from checking your fb status. I wasted my breath telling everyone how much I liked them by inflating these veterinary gloves with my breath, all fingers but the thumbs i sticky taped down. This work was inspired and made whilst listening to Shouting in Caps, a great album by local tassy band – The Pits
Georgia Lucy 