Canberra Contemporary

PARADOX OF CONTROL: MADDIE HEPNER

This project explores the artist’s personal experience of trichotillomania and draws parallels between the disorder and modern anxieties surrounding the digital age.

Exhibitions

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Event Starts

Sep 5, 2025 11:00

Event Ends

Sep 21, 2025 17:00

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19 Furneaux Street, Forrest ACT, Australia

Paradox of Control explores Maddie Hepner’s personal experience of trichotillomania (a disorder characterised by compulsive hair pulling) and draws parallels between the disorder and modern anxieties surrounding rapidly evolving emergent technologies, digital fatigue, and personal health in the digital age.

Image credit: Maddie Hepner Haptic #4 (detail), 2025, silver gelatin print, 30.5 x 40.6cm

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