Self-help
ONGOING
In this ongoing project, Mallett collects, archives, researches and responds to second-hand self-improvement and new-age materials. In the research she delves into its history and context, and its status as a popular, academically ‘unsanctioned’ discourse. The artworks in this ongoing project highlight the promises of enlightenment and well-being in this form of literature, focusing on the cultural interest in the genre as a gesture of hope, tempered by a skepticism about its transformative power. This body of work conflates, rearranges, and reconsiders the sphere of self-improvement, and its role as a social convention.
Don’t Say Yes When You Want To Say No, 2015
Inkjet print
28“x40”
Edition of 3 (2 available)
Start Living Every Day of Your Life, 2015
Inkjet print
28“ x 40”
Edition of 3 (2 available)
What Do You Say After You Say Hello, 2014
Inkjet print
32“x40”
Edition of 3
The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, 2014
Inkjet print
28“x40”
Edition of 3 (2 available)
When I Say No I Feel Guilty, 2013
Inkjet print
21.75“x36”
Edition of 5 (4 available)
Personhood, 2012
Inkjet print
28“x40”
Edition of 3
Being Yourself, 2011
Inkjet print
32“x40”
Edition of 3 (1 available)
Past Self-Help Work
Body Language, 2012
2 Inkjet prints
each 24“x20”
Edition of 3
The Journey, 2010
2 Inkjet prints
each 24“x20”
Edition of 3 (2 available)
Kyla Mallett
Associate Professor
Faculty of Visual Art and Material Practice
Emily Carr University of Art and Design
1399 Johnston Street, Vancouver BC V6H 3R9
www.ecuad.ca/people/profile/
email: kylamallett@gmail.com