Oreet Ashery : Animal with a Language

18 Sep-13 Dec 2014

Overview

Animal with a Language engages with ‘rage against reason’, an attempt to foreground agency against a backdrop of prevailing flatline economies. In the exhibition, degraded actions and material forms, the political unconscious, body languages of exile and the salvage of utopian moments interact. Within a flesh toned environment, hypnotic sound, text, videos and assemblages, Ashery’s objects and actors acquire meaning through associative transmission and direct expression. With The Clean and The Unclean, protagonists of Mayakovsky’s revolutionary play Mystery-Bouffe, Ashery collaboratively produced a collection of ponchos and headgear. These humble forms of dress made from ubiquitous cleaning materials are the uniforms of speculative purists and partisans, exploited labourers and heroes.