UGGA is an exhibition about ugly people, objects, and places. When one thinks about ugliness, it is not immediately apparent that by ascribing the label “ugly,” for example, to an individual, one is always already conditioning the person’s life possibilities. Their existence ceases to be regarded as valuable as their counterpart. The ugly’s right to exist is probed from the moment they are deemed unsightly, unworthy of being viewed by others. The norm is blind to ugliness, only paying attention to those that live up to its expectations of hegemonic beauty. That being said, the works portrayed in UGGA question the inherently negative connotation of ugliness, as they explore the ontology of the concept and its necessarily political consequences.
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Check the online exhibition:
http://ugga.parallelplatform.org