Culture Vultures

‘Culture Vultures’ is an exhibition that brings together the work of artists who, in some form or another, address the presence and effects of popular culture in their lives. Their practices are fed by mass media – so that as they pick through and consume its ‘cultural carrion’, these artists produce works that creatively and critically engage with pop culture’s numerous and ever-present forms. In his 1984 book, ‘The Practice of Everyday Life’, Michel De Certeau made an argument that pop culture audiences need not be regarded merely as consumers who passively and blithely ingest all that is doled out to them. Instead, he argued that consumers could be ‘active readers’, tactically navigating through the cultural terrain, selecting and appropriating elements from many different cultural forms in order to develop new understandings of their own social experiences.

Culture Vultures
Brandon Bird (US), Nicholas Cotter (Hobart), Danielle Clej & Alex Feu’u (Brisbane), Louise Bennett (Brisbane), Mallory Green (Brisbane)
28th November – 20th December