Vanishing Point: Louis Pratt
Louis Pratt's latest exhibition explores and decontructs human identity in an age dominated by mediation through the digital realm.
Vanishing Point explores the deconstruction of human identity in a world increasingly mediated by the digital realm. What began as a tool for connection has evolved into something far more insidious—a force that not only shapes but at times consumes the self.
Among the standout works in the exhibition are Pratt’s glass etchings, which harness a nostalgic aesthetic through traditional techniques, while also engaging with contemporary materiality. The use of glass as a medium offers a juxtaposition of fragility and permanence, reflecting the tension between the ephemeral nature of online identities and the solidifying impact of physical presence. Through these etchings, Pratt evokes a sense of lost clarity, capturing the fading essence of the self in a digitally dominated world.
Pratt’s sculptures further this theme, offering abstracted and fractured perspectives on the erosion of personal presence through recongisably contempoaray figures. These works challenge viewers to confront the vanishing nature of human identity as it dissolves into the digital ether.
