Typologies of Nowhere
Susan Dobson's "Retail" exhibit at The Department back in May for Toronto's Contact festival showcased her photos of various big-box stores such as Wal-Mart with empty parking lots. These were then altered by masking the structures in a grey concrete tone thereby drawing the message of these retail landscapes having the ability to be in any suburbia. It is a critique of what consumer culture has become and what people have grown accustomed to - people have seen these retail landscapes at a variety of places across North America. In a way, it also calls to the message of society being consumed by the notion of consumption.
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