The Arts Factory Society
Opening Reception | Friday, July 20, 6-10pm

Exhibition | July 21 + 22, 12-4pm

In a departure from her earlier work, Molčan’s newest body of work focuses on self-identification in the age of social media, heavily influenced by her own experiences and self-portraiture. With a range of work relating to trauma, relationships, sex and redaction of public image.

In her essay focusing on the idea of being an artist under the microscope of a digital world, Molčan writes:

“We deliver an edited version of ourselves so we still appear real within the virtual world, hidden behind the safety of a multitude of screens. Social media is an endless performance, and impacts our identity, relationships, and selective memory. Is the self a fundamental lie? Are we simply cold and calculating? How does trauma factor in to the way we curate ourselves? What happens when curation exits the virtual realm?

As an artist, I have become endlessly fascinated with this mask I wear – the inescapable reality of a millennial. The disingenuous mask of vulnerability and feeling I display online to seem personable; the casual indifference I display to the physical world. My curation of self is far more prevalent offline than online, so I question if I can merge these into a single identity. My calculated performance of self is dictated through my experiences, including physical and emotional trauma; creating an intimate void that I seek to feel with likes and comments in the digital realm.”