Disco
Exposed
A DJ-led performance confronting the tension between public image and private truth. Between what is performed and what is present.
Elements Contemporary Art Space, Hoxton — 2026
The Work
Between Image
and Existence
DiscoExposed is a visual and performative investigation into the tension between public projection and embodied reality. Through a consistent symbolic framework — mirrored mask, formal tailoring and exposed human form — the work examines how identity is constructed, stabilised and legitimised within contemporary culture.
At its centre stands DiskoStick, a masked performer operating within the disciplined structure of live DJ performance. Precision mixing and composed presence signal authority and control, while the unfiltered body exists simultaneously within the frame.
The work does not present exposure as spectacle, but as condition. The series approaches duality not as contradiction, but as structure. Individuals operate as both private beings and public projections. Credibility and respectability often emerge not from essence, but from performance — from what is seen, recognised and socially affirmed.
Symbolic Framework
Three Elements.
One Structure.
Constructed identity. A surface that conceals and reflects, returning the viewer's gaze to themselves. The social persona we construct and project into the world.
Order, competence and legitimacy. The visual language through which authority is granted and credibility signalled. The uniform of social acceptance.
Unmediated human presence. Vulnerability and reality that persist beneath projection. Existence prior to narrative, identity and image.
The Wider Argument
A
Manifesto
DiscoExposed is one chapter in a larger argument. The unified DiskoStick manifesto — on the weekend, on the dancefloor, on the DJ who stepped out of the booth, and on the body underneath the performance — is the complete statement of where this work comes from and what it is trying to say.
We perform what is acceptable. We conceal what is human. What we reject is often what we are.
Gallery
The Work
in Images
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Exhibition
London
Contemporary
Art Show
DiscoExposed was presented as a video exhibition at the London Contemporary Art Show, forming part of an international group show at Elements Contemporary Art Space, Hoxton.
The project is now complete as a body of work and remains available for exhibition, cultural programming and gallery contexts. Curatorial enquiries are welcome.
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Project
Catalogue
The DiscoExposed project catalogue, press kit and supporting materials are available to download. For curatorial enquiries, exhibition proposals or commissioning discussions please get in touch directly.
Full press kit including biography, artist statement, exhibition history and press images.
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