PLASTIC CONTROL

The works in this show consist of photography, text, sculpture and interactive pieces and centre around the storytelling and world-building practices of online conspiracy theory communities

Conspiracy theories are both familiar and absurd; they recycle well-established conspiracy tropes and at the same time adapt to new information and circumstances. They morph and mould to the shape and size of our concerns, they mirror, but they distort. The product is a kind of cultural residue; an incidental and incoherent cocktail of fiction, history and entertainment. 

The works in this exhibition are a response to the nature of conspiracy communications and invites the viewer to narrativise; to interpret the works and to consider the relationship between storytelling and meaning-making typical of social interactions but which, in our heavily networked and algorithmically-curated online spaces, takes on new significance and leads to unexpected consequences. 

Open 11.00 - 18.00

Weds 15th - Saturday 18th January 2025

FREE

PV 18.00 - 20.30 Weds 15th January 2025

Workshops:

A series of workshops will run alongside the exhibition. These workshops will involve active reading and co-creation as a means to reflect on the process of group narrative construction.

The workshops are 1.5 hours each and will run on:

Wednesday 15th January 2-3.30pm

Friday 17th January 2-3.30pm

Saturday 18th January 2-3.30pm

Learn more and sign up to a workshop here.