{"product_id":"the-commodification-of-love","title":"The Commodification of Love","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"accroche\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"descrListe\"\u003eCatalogue of the eponymous group exhibition on the theme of romantic relationships in the digital age. Curator Cloé Perrone's introductory text is followed by a series of works by Antoine Catala, Catharine Czudej, Cécile B. Evans, Pakui Hardware, Camille Henrot, Ingo Niermann \u0026amp; Alexa Karolinski, Lili Reynaud-Dewar, Avery Singer, and Anna Uddenberg.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"accroche\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"accroche\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"accroche\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"citation\"\u003eFeelings and sentimental relationships have started to depend on devices; we communicate and expand the connections we make through them. In a world where chance encounters are more unlikely, how do we make for new ones ? Although we think and live more independently, we still feel the need or pressure to share our lives with a better half. What is the role of love ? How do we define it ? How do we look for it ?\u003cbr\u003ePakui Hardware's neon sign, \u003cem\u003eStill in the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e and Camille Henrot's \u003cem\u003eDawg Shaming\u003c\/em\u003ephone sculpture along with her drawing series \u003cem\u003eSkype Sex\u003c\/em\u003e address the difficulties of sending and receiving correct messages. Avery Singer's portraits and Anna Uddenberg's \u003cem\u003eTransit Mode Abenteuer\u003c\/em\u003e pose remind us of the demanding physical and mental states that we encounter while creating and dealing with our profiles. Solitude and identity awareness are materialised in Antoine Catala's videos \u003cem\u003eBedroom, New Feelings\u003c\/em\u003e and his gaming table \u003cem\u003eInsecure Attachment\u003c\/em\u003e, while Cécile B. Evans' \u003cem\u003eA man in progress\u003c\/em\u003e alludes to the continuous or progressive reinforcement of a particular framework of expression or gesture. Ingo Nierman's and Alexa Karolinski's video \u003cem\u003eThe Army of Love\u003c\/em\u003e presents new possibilities of giving love, its new definition and its distribution.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"citation\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"citation\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"note\"\u003ePublished following the eponymous exhibition at galerie kamel mennour, Paris, from September 7 to October 8, 2017.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"note\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"note\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"note\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"note\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"note\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"accroche\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"kamelmennour","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":32954803257449,"sku":"","price":12.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0088\/1855\/7033\/products\/06_-_commodification_-_eshop.jpg?v=1575986529","url":"https:\/\/shop.mennour.com\/products\/the-commodification-of-love","provider":"Mennour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}