Althea Thauberger’s work examines self-expression and individualism in contemporary culture, particularly in relation to adolescents and young adults. By placing the diverse subjectivities of her collaborators within one context, Thauberger creates the potential of meeting points where individuals may undergo a sociological, cultural or psychological transformation. Thauberger’s projects provide a container in which to examine the desires of the participants – the need for communication and visibility set against the paradigms of popular media conventions – in order to arrive at a language of individual expression. Thauberger exhibits her projects primarily in art gallery spaces, where tension arises between criticality and art historical discourse, and the ‘untutored’ audience/collaborators.
(Lisa Baldissera)