Trecartin creates rich, layered videos aimed at the generations who have grown up with social media and constant screen interaction. His work looks at how the internet has changed the way we communicate with each other: the consumption of imagery and the disposable nature of statements made online.
They are brash and trashy, he uses models and amateur actors to chant nonsensical soundbites, there is no real narrative, just a bombardment of colour, symbolism and noise.
I was walking around the streets of Marias trying to find the gallery I’d travelled to Paris for. Having found it it was locked up despite it being advertised as open. Disappointed I wandered along looking for a neighbouring shop who may know when it would reopen.
I came across the Anne de Villepoix gallery to ask if they knew. I was given a nonchalant Parisian shrug. The gallery however was showing the work of this young Tongolese artist which I really liked. His structural forms resonated with my current work and his paintings were full of intriguing texture.
