Happy, Shiny People – photography by Zuzanna Neziri
Preview Fri 10 Dec 2010 5.30-8.00pm, Exhibition 11 Dec 2010 – 22 Jan 2011
(please note our closing times over the Xmas period: we close at 7pm on
Thursday 23rd Dec and open again at 11am on Tuesday 4th of Jan 2011)
So disliked and derided by some was R.E.M's 1991 hit single Shiny,
Happy People the singer Michael Stipe is said to have asked it be left
off their greatest hits album released the following year.
Whether the song was mean to be ironic or not, in the following years
the cynicism with which the song may have been originally met may well
have turned to a relief that we are actually capable of smiling given
the potential futures described by scientists and environmentalists.
Perhaps we now better understand that it is more desirable to happy
and shiny than miserable and dull!
Zuzanna Neziri's photographic portraits seem to bridge the space
between posed publicity shots and the open expressions captured
when a person is relaxed and unaware of the camera, when the
artificial becomes real.
Zuzanna Neziri is a final year PR and Communication student at
Sheffield Hallam University. She grew up in Wroclaw, Poland.
'Mannequins Dance Crew are launching in Feb 2011 with a huge dance & fashion event for charity at The Lucorum!!
We require female and male models to be a part of the fashion section - you will be modelling clothing from Barnsley's top boutiques e.g. Moo, Rehab etc., and some models will be more involved in the entire show. We therefore are looking for people with confidence, a good attitude and an open-mind (this is going to be one very unique show!!). No experience necessary! Casting will take place in January! To apply simply email your name, age and facebook link (so we can see your profile pic!) to Mannequins@live.co.uk '
Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it's *because* they sat there that they were able to do it. (Up in the Air, 2009)
There is one great truth on this planet: whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, it's because that desire originated in the soul of the universe.... The soul of the world is nourished by people's happiness. 'The Alchemist' P.Coelho
Both sentences are close to my heart and I find them very truthful ...:)
Hello, Hi and Welcome my name is Zuzanna and I am a final year Public Relations and Communication student @Sheffield Hallam University with a great passion for photography, PR, creative advertising, marketing, fashion, music (Guns n' Roses, AC/DC etc.), budget travelling, food, movies, stand up comedies and of course people:)
hmm... I think is a good time 4 me to come back to blogging and share my passion with YOU!