HONEY, you've been homogenised

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Background:

This artwork is positioned within contemporary Fine Art discourse focusing on print based research. Flyers and small posters have been used to disperse information since their inception in the 18th Century. They are used to advertise, promote, persuade and recruit. ‘Honey, you’ve been homogenised’ activates this history while referencing contemporary practitioners such as Peter Drew and David McDiarmid. This artwork heralds a warning of normalisation based on the print theories of sameness and difference.

Contribution:
‘Honey, you’ve been homogenised’ connects to the themes of language and liberty through text and image. The poster-like format joins with the use of pink and glitter to align with the LGBT history of defiance through celebration. Utilising a newspaper headline and a found image from the internet this artwork highlights difference while warning against being normalised through stereotypical camp-ness.

Significance:
This artwork has been exhibited in 3 peer-reviewed locations in Melbourne: Counihan Gallery in Brunswick as part of the Moreland Summer Show and Noel Counihan Commemorative Art Award: Language and Liberty viewed by 1170 visitors and reviewed on Triple R SmartArts program. The work was presented at c3 contemporary art space and Rubicon ARI as part of The Museum of Platitudes and Aphorisms (MOPA) series curated by Dr Phil Edwards.