​PHOTOGRAPHY PERFORMANCE INSTALLATION 

 

A tribute to the parasites; snapshots of six bullies. A spotlight on the autocratic, dominating, sneaky, high and mighty. Performance artist Charlene Galea and visual artist Etienne Farrell work together to explore and recreate six arrogant and peremptory characters, whose false sense of strength depends on manipulating and intimidating others. As the work borders with the comic, it aims to artfully hint to the vulnerability of the characters involved, as their power comes not from within themselves, but depends entirely on the reactions of the people they encounter.​

The works in this exhibition are at once personal and political, having been developed through research, and through the personal experiences of the artists themselves. Some diverge from the feminist standpoint to encompass many other elements of identity, authority and interaction, seeing the grey areas between the male-bad female-good dichotomy