'post topost' is a collaboration between writer Paul Boyé and artist Ella Valentine.They have recently converged with a mutual interest in 'posting,' which namesthe activity of casually producing content and sharing it online, often withoutmuch thought or feeling. Posting is both ecstatic and mundane, a kind ofcompulsive anti-diary, a subconscious ramble, and a first-thought-best-thoughtdumping into the endlessly accepting receptacle that is social media. Eventhough they work intentionally and autonomously in their respective practices,the impulse to post remains.
At the core of the work is an improvised exchange of 'something-posting'phrases—happy-posting, grid-posting, lite-posting, drink-posting, etc.—thatcaptures the fecundity of posting through a repetitive and tedious score. Here,they dig deeper than their usual off-the-cuff posting habits: Is posting work?Are we numb to the pains of being exploited for our data, harvested to trainmachine learning models and produce market insights? Other works in theexhibition will draw from the affective and perverse consequences of posting.They look to observations on influencer culture as a large sample space of thecurrent internet cultural crisis. At this moment, they are drawn to dissectingthe recent trend of promoting ‘journaling’ as a wellness practice alongsidehydration encouragement ephemera as a closed-loop system between health andcontent.
Image Credit: Paul Boyé and Ella Valentine, I JUICED THE ORB / EXPERIENCING ME,2024, digital image
Goolugatup Heathcote is located on the shores of the Derbal Yerrigan, in the suburb of Applecross, just south of the centre of Boorloo Perth, WA. It is 10 minute drive from the CBD, the closest train station is Canning Bridge, and the closest bus route the 148.
58 Duncraig Rd, Applecross, Boorloo (Perth), Western AustraliaOpen 10–4 Tuesday–Sunday, closed public holidays. The grounds are open 24/7.