 Genevieve Staines - Synthetic pomp Precinct , 2010 |
Staines’ new body of work, Synthetic Pomp Precinct, is a response to the contemporary crusade for cultural and urban reinvention. Exemplified by obscene projects such as the redevelopment of Brisbane’s King George Square, re-urbanisation forcefully and desperately seeks to coerce humans into inhabiting place differently, although we often don’t know how we are actually to do this. Are boxes ticked when, as we peruse these desolate environments, we mimic CAD sketches; we and others become model miniatures, scattered and indifferent with our headphones, shopping bags and takeaway coffees(?). In Phase 1, Staines takes slapdash photographs of B-grade worksites, and carefully transforms them into heroin chíc stages for imaginary posturing. Synthetic Pomp Precinct is not just re-fabrication of digital surface, it is a concept district for our new lifestyles::
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