Hollie Mackenzie's practice explores the notions of utopia and dystopia, creating her own version of a dystopian landscape in the form of installation.
She applies a process of transforming a particular site into that of a dystopian deteriorating landscape, creating site-specific pieces that distort their surroundings and environment to present a sort of deviant reality. Reading this presented dystopian reality, the audience interprets its proximity to the one we live in.
The installations create an extreme and unfamiliar situation for the viewer to be in. Taking a part of the site, whether it be the ceiling, walls or the stairs, Mackenzie distorts it to a point that it no longer functions as an element in the building design but becomes something deviant. It becomes an otherworldly experience, in which the viewer engages with the work as an adventurous participant.
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