Post-Art Clarity

In a world where everything we do has been commodified, any and every experience can suddenly be rendered devoid of pleasure. In contrast to the idyll of romanticising one's life (in order to make the humdrum monotony feel meaningful) that we see on social media on a daily basis (see: 'Get Ready With Me', 'A Day in the Life...', 'What I Ate in a Day'), once we have a moment to actually generate and register our own emotions, we fail to ask ourselves what we find genuinely enjoyable. Now that we are being surveilled and policed by the algorithm, do we actually know how to enjoy our lives? Finnish artist duo Sasha Huber and Petri Saarikko have taken over The Showroom gallery for the latest instalment of their Remedies project. This iteration is subtitled  Lullaby Nest, with a focus on relaxing, switching off from external factors and forces, and succumbing to relaxation. Using the pan-cultural tradition of lullabies for soothing children, the audience is invit...