PARALLAX: conspiracy theories, details, and the act of looking closely - Responding to the rise of conspiracy theories in the 21st century, Parallax is a sweeping exploration of the complex relationships between (un)truth, vision, and technology. Through a series of texts and visual works, Ellie Wyatt explores how conspiracy theories are facilitated by urgent technological advances, the legacy of detailed modes of seeing, and the circle as a magical and scientific tool.
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\nBy drawing connections between science, visual culture, art history, popular culture, and occult practices, Ellie Wyatt hopes to situate conspiracy theories not as isolated products of the present moment, but as deeply rooted cultural phenomena that are becoming increasingly difficult to dismantle or dissociate from reality. Within the broader contemporary context of massive inequality and extreme polarity, Parallax questions what truth is, what it was, and whether we can still seek it.
