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Prove You Are Human

Prove You Are Human is a curatorial essay exploring an exhibition concept of prompting audiences to think about what makes us human and what we do to prove that we are human in a digital age. Do humans create the Internet or, did the Internet create us? While humans created the Internet initially to have a productive purpose, it is now shaping us into the humans we are today, as well as the world we live in.

02 Hybrigical

Hybrigical is a concept that explains the hybrid space that is the physical and the digital. This curatorial essay focuses on how as a society, we are constantly engaging with spaces that encompass both the online realm as well as the real world, despite the physical distance between each other. As we continue to present our private spaces through a digital lens, the connections we form with each other, are created through how we understand the way we present our spaces online and, how we experience each other’s private and physical spaces.

Sari guns

Sari Guns was created at a time when the Sri Lankan civil war was occurring and creates a stark contrast between Sri Lankan culture and war. The intricate designs and bright colourful fabric are synonymous with traditional sari dress and design. With the guns being wrapped in these fabrics, the viewer is forced to see the beauty of Sri Lankan culture but also the violence symbolised in the guns - violence which now taints Sri Lankan history and its people.

Sari Guns (2013) Sari material, cloth, various craft materials, plastic toy gun Dimensions variable

Taygan Bassi

Taygan Bassi is a Melbourne based mixed media artist currently engaged in her Honours at the RMIT School of Art. Originally trained as a commercial photographer, she uses these techniques in her contemporary mixed media artistic work to explore the concepts of mental health and identity within the reality of societal norms.