Exhibition

Memorex The Giant

9 Sep 2021 – 25 Sep 2021

Regular hours

Monday
Closed
Tuesday
11:00 – 18:00
Wednesday
11:00 – 18:00
Thursday
11:00 – 18:00
Friday
11:00 – 18:00
Saturday
11:00 – 18:00
Sunday
Closed

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White Conduit Projects

London, United Kingdom

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MEMOREX THE GIANT is a solo exhibition of new work by John Thole. It explores themes, structures and functions relating to the body, myth and the points they meet while reflecting on how these elements travel through folklore, culture and the object.

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Myths confirm some form of truth about how the world is or how we would wish it to be. The more the myth is known, the less it is the subject of interrogation, providing instead a stage for debate and improvisation.

In Thole's works, figures such as giants and werewolves are rearranged and reinterpreted. When stripped of their original context, these historical and mythical figures are recast in a new abstracted narrative devised by the artist. They are surrounded by other figures that in turn undergo their own changes and that find themselves in unfamiliar lands, unknowing of their purpose or place.

These interpretations endow the artist with the agency to create a counter- narrative to the traditional origin myth. The myth becomes a reflection of a natural process, eternally recurring and mutating. Thole reflects upon the unstable dubbing of Memorex VHS tapes [whose slogan was Is it real or is it Memorex?] that he used for recording and rerecording during his childhood. The more a film is rewatched on tape, the more it will degrade retaining its familiarity just as myths alter over time.

The continuous retelling and reworking of myths through culture is aligned with the artist’s academic background in film and photography and his long- term use of collage. In contrast to the darker origins of certain myths, Thole’s new scenarios have been rendered with humour and/or a sense of the absurd.

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Maria Lopez Castaño

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