DETAILS
Free, no booking required
Whale
47 Easey Street, Collingwood VIC, Australia
DATES
Fri 16 May 6 – 8pm
Opening Event
Sat 17 May 3 – 5pm
Mon 19 May 12 – 5pm
Tue 20 May 12 – 5pm
Wed 21 May 12 – 5pm
Thu 22 May 12 – 5pm
Fri 23 May 12 – 5pm
Tropical Chaos is a solo exhibition by Mojoko, an internationally acclaimed artist known for his explosive fusion of digital art, pop culture, and contemporary critique. This exhibition brings Mojoko’s chaotic visual language into the world of textile design. See how the saturated world of consumerism, media, and the digital landscape can transform into a series of satin fabrics. Presented in a historic building and in Collingwood, the wonderful juxtaposition of the hard imagery on the soft sensual material is indeed a contradiction to be seen.
Participants
Mojoko
Born in Iran, raised in Hong Kong and educated in Europe, Mojoko (Steve Lawler) attended the prestigious FABRICA art residency in Treviso, Northern Italy in 2001. Launching his interactive design career at Diesel HQ, he quickly climbed through the creative industry as an artist, designer, art director and Creative Director. Steve is also the creator of the EYEYAH! Magazine, winner of the Presidents Design award in 2021 in Singapore. His artistic work is an exploration of trash pop culture colliding with the old and historical, Reacting to the bombardment of images of today’s visual culture, he reworks and spits out mutations of the glossy pop, advertising world. The work is a reaction to living in modern Asia. TV, internet and outdoor advertising culture has influenced every aspect of his work, mixing media such as computer programming, digital sculpture, painting and printmaking.