Mrah Gazi

Mrah Gazi explores aspects of historical contingencies, paradigm shifts, self-fulfilling prophecies, and unforeseen consequences.

His approach is mostly dispassionate and tries to convey quirky and speculative relationships between the past and present and how fringe contemporary popular culture could be a prelude for what is to come. Through these works, Mrah Gazi explores the terms "The Blue Church" and "The Red Pill". Popularised by the 1999 film "The Matrix", the red pill is a metaphor for truth, waking up, enlightenment, etc. Within internet forums of any field, be it finance, philosophy, politics, cars, or videogames, it is used to clearly convey a stark change in position, an opting out or opting in, in some cases leading to forms of irrational extremisms which ignite a fierce reaction by the other side. "The blue church" is a metaphor popularised by the writer Jordan Hall to refer to the old sense-making apparatus of media and academia. Here, Mrah Gazi is expanding the metaphor as a placeholder for what seems to be a genuine, generational paradigm shift.

Exhibited works, degree exhibition

Praise Be! The Church is Falling Under It's Own Bloat, Epoxy resin, oil paint, LED lights

The Pesky Red Pill, Epoxy, MDF wood, oil paint

Interview

Mrah Gazi, born 1991, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Latest update: 2022-11-24