Inspiration
2/25/2021
Marcus Mårtenson says
Here you can listen to artist Marcus Mårtenson talk about how he creates his art and the story behind each piece for "Self Promote or Die". Below are five audio clips where Mårtenson tells more about his process.
MARCUS MÅRTENSON INTRO
Marcus Mårtenson's work addresses contemporary issues such as consumption, addiction, surveillance and social media. In Mårtenson's hands, references to capitalist mass culture are transformed into scathing social criticism executed in a rich palette of pastel chalk on a wooden board. Word and image interact with a humorous twist reminiscent of cartoons and political satire. Mårtenson's work represents a network of thoughts and ideas centred on the existential crisis of modern, constantly connected consumerism.
Listen to Mårtenson talk about herself, her artistry in general and the exhibition Self Promote or Die.
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SELF PROMOTE OR DIE
Mårtenson talks about the original and the copies of ourselves especially during the pandemic, how we relate to social media and gamification.
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#HELLOEVERYONE
Hashtags or modern hieroglyphics? Which hashtags create our profiles in our surveillance systems. Our future behaviour.
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TOUGHNESS & SHY
"Toughness" shows the hard symbols that are a way of being, while "Shy" shows other identities that may not be included in a traditional male image.
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DONT WORRY I'M FINE
How we often present a mask of well-being regardless of problems. That we use social media, for example, to present the perfect surface. Success and performance are allowed to rule, even though there may be something else going on behind the scenes.
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