Slow Read exhibition asks us to ditch doom-scrolling for art celebrating the printed page
The 'Slow Read' exhibition at the Hawthorn Arts Centre in Victoria, Australia, features multimedia works that encourage visitors to disconnect from digital devices. The show highlights nine artists who transform books and printed materials into tactile, multi-dimensional art pieces.
Why it matters
It addresses the growing cultural concern regarding digital addiction and the loss of deep focus in the age of social media doom-scrolling.
Palomita/Soledad, which roughly translates as Little Dove/Solitude, comprises verse fragments from a poem by artist Nadia Hernández's grandfather. ( Supplied: Hawthorn Arts Centre/Christian Capurro )
Link copied Share Share article Do you ever find yourself mindlessly scrolling social media, wondering where the time has gone?
Few of us are immune to the addictive allure of the never-ending scroll.
Slow Read, a new exhibition at Town Hall Gallery in the Hawthorn Arts Centre, Victoria, is an invitation to put down our phones and immerse ourselves in art.
The show features works from multimedia and collage artists from across Australia, including Gracia and Louise, a duo from Naarm/Melbourne who have been collaborating on a range of collages, prints, zines and drawings, often depicting nature, since 1999, and Venezuelan-born artist Nadia Hernández, whose work Palomita/Soledad incorporates fragments of her grandfather's poetry.
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