Alexander Basil : The week stretching out in front of you

In conjunction with the manner in which our time is spent and the corresponding output of what we achieve and create being inherently linked to our own sense of self worth, Basil also explores the hyper-stimulation of our domestic environments and the inertia that develops as a result. Through the depiction of objects that constitute our continuous search for stimulation including, a Nintendo Switch, laptops, earphones and CDs, the works engage with the corresponding paralysis and anxiety that intermittently occurs as a result of the depleted nature of our attention spans these objects foster. For example, in one work a figure lies in bed surrounded by distraction paraphernalia that, although the central figure is in a resting posture, fills the scene with a visual reproduction of the staccato rhythm of our daily concentration. When viewing the works a sense of empathy occurs no matter the viewer’s personal form of production, whether a blank word-document replaces a blank canvas, that familiar empty stare while binge-watching on a laptop screen incapsulates our prevalent paranoia that we have wasted time that we could have utilised more positively.