no. 5: Post Utopia - Bobby Aiosa and Brooks Dierdorff

no. 5: Post Utopia - Bobby Aiosa and Brooks Dierdorff Artists Bobby Aiosa and Brooks Dierdorff are interested in visualizing the alluring qualities, but futile attempts of finding Utopia through the many influential facets of contemporary culture. Working through the constant promotion of idealized values often promoted in modern consumerism campaigns and tactics within architectural and urban planning, both artists often utilize photography, installation and sculpture to highlight the realities and shortcomings of utopian theory in society. Post Utopia is an opportunity to reflect on this desire as well as the consequences of utopian theory in American society, such as, alternative motives, mimicry of materials, decimation of natural landscapes and loss of cultural identity. Both artists research the desires of past visionaries and reformers throughout recorded history to better comprehend the motivations to implement theory into living practice.

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