Exhibition
Connect/Disconnect
26 Oct 2017 – 8 Jan 2018
Cost of entry
Free
Address
- Leigh Road
- Eastleigh
United Kingdom - SO50 9DE
- United Kingdom
Connect/Disconnect
Curated by Sarah Jeffries
Artists include:
Cathy Lomax, Corinna Spencer, David Hancock, Michael Bartlett,
Sarah Jeffries, Team Beswick & Pye.
Open Monday to Saturday 10am till 5pm
Closing on 8th January 2018
About
With the political and natural world rapidly changing around us, how do we, as a modern connected society, deal with the daily diet of relentless negative news coverage? Is this modern world of constant news fuelling the current fear, anxiety and division happening amongst us?
With the government’s lack of investment in mental health services, would disconnecting from media exposure prove to be beneficial? Would it prove to be a good way to defragment our minds in this turbulent modern world of information overload? Or is it a good thing to be aware of every little bit of news and opinion on terrorism, war, Brexit and the Trump Presidency and to hell with mindfulness? Is ignorance really bliss?
Seven artists explore, through the use of painting, psychological states that maybe occurring from our current social and political climate.