VENOM VOYAGE

Acid pop colours, green slime, cartoonish atmosphere somewhere between corporate offices and Dr.
Evils villain headquarters There is a simple but not simplistic dialectic at play in VENOM VOYAGE
a playful didacticism, almost fun, close to Brechts approach on theatre. In his comments on epic
theatre, Walter Benjamin suggests that the emergence of political will in an artistic environment comes
primarily from the audiences ability to feel relaxed. It is only under these conditions that astonishment
can arise and provoke personal questioning, even engagement. In this evil pop universe, so familiar
and yet so eerie, lies a deeper intention to implement in the visitors mind: the idea that something is
not quite right in what they are looking at. That its not so simple, that it cant be that fun that it cant
be true, that reality cannot be this absurd.
A Christelle Oyiri book published by KERMESSE and GATHERING on the occasion of VENOM VOYAGE, Oyiri's solo show at Glasshouse - Gathering London, on view from Jan 24 to Feb 22, 2025.
14,85x21cm
92 pages