{"id":39334,"date":"2016-10-13T12:09:11","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T10:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/?p=39334"},"modified":"2016-10-13T12:09:11","modified_gmt":"2016-10-13T10:09:11","slug":"molly-soda-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/molly-soda-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Molly Soda Challenges the Notion of Private Areas as Safe-Havens"},"content":{"rendered":"

\""I “I Would”<\/p>\n

Ask Molly Soda<\/a> how the internet has changed since she began creating her web-based works in the late-2000s and the Detroit-based creative will begin to harp on the olden days of cyberspace. “Things evolve so quickly,” the artist says, “and six real years can feel\u00a0like\u00a020 on here.” Estimating herself as\u00a0“probably really old” in internet years, the artist reflects on the platform’s \u00a0shift from complete and utter customisation towards its\u00a0increasingly\u00a0streamlined and regimented style of today.\u00a0Gone are the days of Angelfire pages dripping in text art, glitter graphics and pixellated avatars\u00a0created on Dollz Mania, as websites like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter continue regulating\u00a0just how much content can be personalised. This rapid evolution of all things web-based means that for Soda \u2013 whose work is primarily focuses on the digital\u00a0\u2013 it is imperative that she can keep up.<\/p>\n

“If I catch myself doing something embarrassing before someone else can then it’s okay” – Molly Soda<\/h2>\n

\""All “All I Have Is My Phone”<\/p>\n

\""Comfort “Comfort Zone Card”<\/p>\n

“The moment I post something and make it public, it becomes less of a\u00a0big deal. All of a sudden I’m in control” – Molly Soda<\/h2>\n

“Comfort Zone” is the artist’s newest exhibition, and opening on 14 October at London’s Annka Kultys gallery,\u00a0the show displays\u00a0Soda’s\u00a0ability to successfully maintain pace with\u00a0whatever curveballs the internet may throw while still retaining some of the internet’s old glory. Serving as an extension of “From My Bedroom to Yours”, her solo show presented last November at the same location, the exhibition\u00a0will follow a similar format that focuses on video-based works. However, while “From My Bedroom to Yours” focused on personal space and the transformation of private rooms\u00a0into public areas, “Comfort Zone” is more concerned with the popular misconception that\u00a0private areas are somehow a safe-haven guarding\u00a0us from the public and digital noise. “The internet permeates our entire existence,” says Soda, much to the chagrin of\u00a0tech-adversaries\u00a0everywhere. “Even in private spaces, we’re still being bombarded with information and notifications on our\u00a0phones.” In addition to her digital\u00a0works, the exhibition explores this\u00a0argument using\u00a0printed versions of “very, very weird” emails the artist has received and\u00a0selfies from her mobile phone.
\nSoda’s eagerness to create such vulnerable works is worthy of applause, though she shrugs it off casually by saying: “The moment I post something and make it public, it becomes less of a\u00a0big deal. All of a sudden I’m in control,\u00a0and if I catch myself doing something embarrassing before someone else can then it’s okay.” As someone who is constantly creating for the internet, she’s\u00a0an equally avid consumer of\u00a0its infinite content. Looking towards YouTube, her work is directly influenced by beauty tutorials\u00a0(her favourite makeup\u00a0vlogger is Kathleen Lights) and she enjoys viewing paint mixing clips for their therapeutic quality. As for Soda’s next\u00a0artistic\u00a0project, the creative is working on a book based on censored Instagram selfies with fellow artist Arvida Bystr\u00f6m \u2013 a project that expertly blends the internet with IRL. We wouldn’t expect anything else.<\/p>\n

\""Force “Force Quit”<\/p>\n

\"Molly Molly Soda<\/p>\n

\""Comfort Left: “Comfort Zone Card”, right: “Get Girls To Flirt”<\/p>\n

\""How “How To Remove Dark Spots”<\/p>\n

\""Here's “Here’s To The Girls”<\/p>\n

\u201cComfort Zone<\/a>” by Molly Soda is on display at London’s Annka Kultys gallery until 12 November 2016<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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