After several years of impulsive and unquestioned image making and collecting of random trivia and ideas, on deeper analysis of her work Innocent discovered the subject most prevalent were the stories born from a ‘lost generation’ (a term used to describe the Y and X generations in Japan).
The protagonists in her work where either obsessed otaku, young murderers or lost and seemingly vulnerable children. This exhibition brings together a collection of works that all express the stories of a generation raised by virtual wolves. Wild, fearless and chibified children, a global expanse of souls facing each other through a glowing screen and feeding their knowledge from a soup flavoured by wikipedia and google but with very little context for a base, curating their life with the click of a mouse.
Some are born from a concrete jungle screaming, passionate, obsessive and craving infamy, then there are those that just don’t quite fit. At times they are the victim and at others they are the perpetrator. Sometimes they are so debilitating shy they shut themselves in and speak to the world from behind avatars and plastic gods.
No one wants to grow up and most of them don’t. ‘Alone, but not lonely’ is a collection and installation of limited edition prints, sketches and an installation of found objects showing at Lamington Drive from April 30th.
See more of Andrea Innocent’s work over at The Jacky Winter Group
