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TOXIC PARADISE // final statement

‘Toxic Paradise’ is derived from the realisation that in our society, so many people ignore the things they consider are ‘bad’, and use these toxic short term fixes while juxtaposing against their desires for the long term. It really annoys me when people complain about something that they have placed themselves in, I don’t mean the things that are out of reach, but rather

“I hate my job” — WHY DONT YOU QUIT OR FIND A NEW ONE

“Joanne don’t smoke. It’s a bad habit” — WHY ARE YOU LIGHTING A CIGARETTE WHILE SAYING THIS

“Save water / trees” — DO YOU REALISE HOW MUCH WATER IT TOOK TO MAKE YOUR $5 COTTON T-SHIRT FROM KMART

Like if you don’t like something about your life, then why don’t you change it?

That being said I think that there is always some anchor, that chains us to those short term fixes, everywhere you go someone will be telling you how to live your life or give you their opinions without you asking. What is manipulation and what is for your own good? Is everyone searching for their own paradise? When is enough enough? Or is it never going to be enough because their thoughts are subconsciously influencing us — making us think that their goals are our goals? What will you give up to get closer to your paradise? Will you ever get there?

I’d say my work is ambiguous and vague, allowing for different points of views to derive from my documentation of my installations out and about.

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this is ironic bc 1. i hate those photos of people holding up a card / piece of paper with some message / quote 2. i have a love/hate feel towards phrases like these

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sneaky peak

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzUhCvuUJxs)

ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM vibes

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thought of the day

Throughout this whole project, a bunch of quotes and lyrics would pop into my mind here and there, most of which I couldn’t prioritise in terms of how relevant they are to what I was doing, so rather than explaining my work by working those phrases in, I thought that I’d incorporate them into my work.

+ I feel like tags = once you label something, it’s like the thing you labelled can only be the thing it is labelled as? eg. a skirt could be worn as a top but because it’s labelled as a skirt on the tag, people will only wear it as a skirt.

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This essay was originally an address to the annual conference of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, where its title, at the request of the organisers, was changed to ‘Historical and Other Truths’ - which was deemed more appropriate for such a serious audience. For judges are supposed to be serious: indeed, don’t they wear wigs and gowns to convince us - and remind themselves - of their seriousness? Serious people have little time for any form of fiction. With such a flippant title, my talk was not likely to attract many listeners.

tbh this is too much reading for me but the quotes at the top + “Painters, philosophers, poets, creative writers - and also inventors and scientists - all reach truth by taking imaginative shortcuts.” 👌

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South Korean artist MyeongBeom Kim juxtaposes the objects of opposing worlds—nature and man-made—in unexpected ways, to create sculptures...

manmade // natural

the rings I put on trees are subtle and I really like how balloons stood out here

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During my internship, they let me take home a bag of these 2000 jump rings. Jump rings are mass produced & distributed just like plastic bottles. + these rings join together to form a chain = chains are used to secure / protect things — are we all chained to something? Even in a ‘paradise’ we’ll always be confined. It’s like in The Shawshank Redemption when one of them is finally free, but then finds it harder to live outside than inside the walls. So I decided to put these rings on plants bc they’ve always been a part of my vision of what paradise is.

PS here is my sneaky ring in the bus seat

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how something so unnatural is working itself into our everyday lives -

“I was looking at perfection versus imperfection. The way we glorify things that are flawless but at the same time crave things that are gritty and earthy. It’s kind of like we have gone back to basics but at the same time we want to look at things that are simulated or straight out of an Apple advert.”

“an elephant in the room type of situation”

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plastic bottles

Using plastic bottles as a metaphor resonated with me when I noticed how many things in our world are “toxic” even though most people will ignore that aspect and continue to mass produce & distribute these bottles. Clean water is such a natural and pure privelege that we have, yet we’re storing them in plastic bottles which is supposedly filling up landfill. The natural / man made contrast — the unnatural and manmade things around us. When I think about paradise, the vision I have is always very leafy and organic. I guess plants in a way are domesticated, despite their nature to grow in whichever direction their genes dictate.

The human manipulation — placing constraints on other people / things:

why do people feel like they need to influence other people/things?

how do you know if what people say is true / concocted?

are we aiming for a paradise that we already have?

when do you know if enough is enough?

even though we’re not in jail, are we really free?

There is ‘toxicity’ everywhere - but then again there is no light without the dark

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