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In 2022, David Krut Workshop invited Paneng to collaborate on a series of works on paper with printmaker Sbongiseni Khulu. The process spanned years and continents and, according to the studio, yielded a body of work unlike anything else in its archive.
With Uncanny Valley, Paneng imagines blended, limitless worlds, describing the discomfort that arises from the interaction with things that seem ordinary at first glance but are just a little bit off. As an artist working primarily in the digital space, Paneng has ample experience processing digital information versus the 'real'. In an effort to categorise her practice, the artist has classified herself as many things – among these, as a world and multiverse builder. With the hand-printed fine artworks on show, Paneng blends digital production, immersive soundscapes, and experimental sculptural works.
Her collaborator, Khulu, says, "With each piece [Paneng] takes us through a journey of self-perception similar to that of Alice In Wonderland. Alice’s shape, size, environment, and perception of time is ever-changing, thus her notion of self is constantly in question and as a result self-awareness is brought to being by overloading her, much like when a vivid dream turns lucid and suddenly, you’re awake."
Attend the opening of Uncanny Valley at The Blue House in Parkwood on Thu, Jun 27 from 17:30 – 19:30.
