ORIGINS
2015-02-23The exhibition will explore the effects of globalisation through the prism of indigenous cultures. Origins aims to question whether the forces of globalisation have eroded our sense of identity and isolated us from nature and the traditions that make us unique. Origins also asks viewers to consider the lessons the ‘developed world’ can learn from indigenous populations, such as how to address modern problems that are, for the most part, a result of modern lifestyles.
“We have found ourselves living on a planet whose citizens are slowly forming uniform pan-global identities, in which people are increasingly beginning to sound alike, act alike and believe in the same things. Despite the great contributions that the march towards modernity has made towards our civilisations, it has started to strip us of what makes us fundamentally unique, what makes us human.” Mashael Al-Rushaid
Opposite – Huli wigmen, Ambua Falls, Tari valley, Papua New Guinea, 2010 by Jimmy Nelson
Exhibition runs from March 5th to April 30th, 2015
Heist
43 Linden Gardens
Linden Gardens
London
W2 4HP
