Rhys Himsworth: Hereafter

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In the form of a peaceful protest against mass production, techno-capitalism, and the circuitous journey of global trade, Himsworth has developed a circular artistic approach of giving technical waste an afterlife. In doing this, he subverts our linear perception of time and defies the pace of mass consumerism; reducing the relentlessness of this fast-paced system into stasis. Himsworth has sourced, appropriated, and repurposed redundant electronics for over a decade now - long before their rise in mainstream curiosity. He tracks the recycled electronics he uses for his artworks back to the land in which their components are originally produced and disposed of. He ships them across the ocean to Europe, crushes and pulverises the individual parts in a shredder and uses the remaining shimmering facets for his romantic, dream-like images. Using his self-developed UV inkjet printer to bring his artworks to life, his visual language resides somewhere between painting, digital and print. “Hereafter” is the artist's first solo show at BBA Gallery, housing multimedia hybrid landscapes of an impressive scale, materialistic ingenuity and didactic importance.