Who Does She Think She Is, Momu & No Es (Eva Noguera and Lucía Moreno), 2019
"You are so loser and so ..." the annoyingly catchy song was playing as we entered the gallery. Greeting visitors on the entrance floor was a mind-map structured text that resembles the opening crawl of the Star Wars franchise. The aesthetics of the show resemble that of internet memes. Momu & No Es’ exhibition, Who Does She Think She Is on the one hand denotes the Internet' s effects on aesthetics, culture and society while on the other hand points to an offline reality where Momu & No Es negotiate their offline relationship (Petratou, 2019).
A video of a polite and courteous rejection of a job application, A woman who had to tend to her dog in her short break and a cartoon worm singing to you that you are a loser, recounting the frustrations that are faced in everyday life. The artists used juxtaposing audios and images to address the internet's influence on aesthetics and society, referring to the societal interaction following omnipresence of the internet.
“do not suffer for what others think about you because they are basically in the same situation” — Momu & No Es
People have become increasingly reliant on social media platforms to express themselves, allowing the expression of different personas which we have, different aspects of oneself. The artists intended to convey the relationship of young people of their generation, when success is a significant to this stage. The exhibition immerse spectators in simulations of the promises of happiness that Internet offers us, reinterpreting stereotypical and mentors of the global popular culture (Llurba, 2019).
Post Internet Art refers to art created "about" the internet era, discussing the ever changing relations of the virtual and physical, the effects on social, political and cultural worlds. Despite its ubiquity, the term received lots of skepticism and criticism for its vagueness. Critics stated that Post Internet Art seems like a new form of landscape painting, a view of the world as it is, art about the idea of art world success. Perhaps it is a new artistic expressions to address and reflect a whole range of new topics and narratives, providing audience with a different perspective.
Nevan Contempo
Photographs by Tan Sher Lynn
References
culturetwo. (2014) 'Why I Hate Post-Internet Art', March 31. Available at: https://culturetwo.wordpress.com/2014/03/31/why-i-hate-post-internet-art/ (Accessed : 4 October 2019)
Llurba, A. (2019) 'A TROUBLING OMEN. INTERVIEW TO MOMU & NO ES ', Spotlight, April 12. Available at: https://a-desk.org/en/spotlight/un-inquietante-presagio-entrevista-a-momu-no-es/ (Accessed : 4 October 2019)
Schlaegel, A. (2015) 'Post-Internet : Art Criticism', Kunstkritikk, Nordic Art Review, April 24. Available at: https://kunstkritikk.com/post-internet-art-criticism/ (Accessed : 4 October 2019)
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