Veronica Jan Bull
About
Memetic abstraction is a cultural process where memes, after becoming reappropriated again and again, eventually exceed the boundaries of comprehension (at least is the case for ‘normies’).2 This process allows for its original content to remain elusive to outsiders as it progressively lies within a deep web of intertextual references that only a committed meme consumer could understand. Now the idea of a ‘committed meme consumer’ may seem stupid, but as the lines between the virtual and physical world become increasingly blurred, and the pandemic speeding this process two-fold, memes have progressed beyond being a ‘light pastime’ and now function as a social lens that grants us new, unorthodox perceptions of reality. These visions range from the satirical and absurd, to the more sinister and hateful—under the cover of ‘dankness’.
Bio
As a painter, Veronica’s practice currently explores the growing pervasiveness of internet culture and its links to contemporary politics. Her expressive style attempts to encapsulate the neurotic corners of the internet by reappropriating recognisable memes into dark and twisted icons.