New Sincerity

Berlin / London Future Gallery, July 2011.
Beach London, December 2011.

New Sincerity amounted to two exhibitions, accompanying printed publications and exclusive web content.

The project dealt with speech and action direct enough to inspire social embarrassment. This embarrassment was called forth through texts, videos, performances and sculptural elements.

The first show approached embarrassment in relation to overwhelming feelings of affection. The second show dealt with anger and frustration.

Artist's Statement

1.
The last time I had a show I got a tattoo to go along with it: a short, hesitant line on my left arm. Volcanic ash had travelled high into the atmosphere, leading to cancelled flights. I could not return. I was to stay with the work and change it. See it come down. That unplanned, destined non-time was worth commemorating. This show is marked by a cigarette burn. It's healing fast. You won't notice. You'll see me at the opening, nervous and deflated. I'll be checking my phone, carrying something. Moving quickly from one room to the other. This time home is within walking distance.

2.
I read into things: haircuts as language, gestures and objects as language. Language as language, too. I'm interested in social dynamics. Subtle changes in room-size atmospheres.

4.
What can I say? I want my life to have purpose and I'm subjecting you to the search of said purpose.

5.
Possible artist's statements:
a) I'm ashamed of these attempts at looking presentable.
b) Nothing unknown is knowable.

Performance by Jaakko Pallasvuo at New Sincerity Berlin Opening

Index

When Sincerity Becomes Form

Review of the show

I'm Such a Failure: Poetry On, Around and About the Internet

New Sincerity