The nausea-inducing notion of excess, indifference and convulsive self-marketing is an all-pervasive feature of our contemporary lives. To better reflect this fact the gallery is overstuffed with images and sounds.
The title links sensory overload – attributed to visual technologies – to boredom. Beyond this notable relationship are highlighted the themes of compulsion and distaste: a ‘technicolour yawn’ is a euphemism for a forceful bout of projectile vomit.
The nausea-inducing notion of excess, indifference and convulsive self-marketing is an all-pervasive feature of our contemporary lives. To better reflect this fact the gallery is overstuffed with images and sounds. None of the works in the show are displayed according to the logic of the ‘white cube’ – where each artwork is given its own discrete, neutral space. Instead, they are presented as a cacophony. The effect is overwhelming and disorientating, immersing the audience in a deluge of stimuli. This curatorial strategy is also inspired by the works themselves, which explore incessant modes of pseudo-communication and the theme of questionable self-revelation. With an onslaught of various media, the profusion of visual and aural ‘noise’ is the exhibition’s opening strategy, followed by the possibility for works to acquire an exclusive inner space of their own.